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English cricketer

Edward Williams
Personal information
Full nameEdward Lovell Williams
Born15 September 1925
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Died24 December 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 88)
Chester, Cheshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1949Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 17
Batting average 8.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 14
Balls bowled 78
Wickets 2
Bowling average 16.50
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/33
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2012

Edward Lovell Williams (15 September 1925 – 24 December 2013) was an English cricketer. Williams was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Williams made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Gloucestershire at Grace Road in the 1949 County Championship. In Leicestershire's first-innings of 195 all out, Williams was run out for 10 runs. In Gloucestershire's first-innings response of 449/8 declared, Williams took figures of 2/33 with the ball. In Leicestershire's second-innings of 172 all out, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Sam Cook. Gloucestershire won the match by an innings and 82 runs. This was his only major appearance for the county.

He died at Chester, Cheshire on 24 December 2013.

References

  1. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Williams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. "Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, 1949 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

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