Foffie Williams
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Full name | Ernest Albert Vivian Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados | 10 April 1914|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 April 1997 Bridgetown, Barbados | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Foffie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2018 |
Ernest Albert Vivian "Foffie" Williams (10 April 1914, Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados – 13 April 1997, Bridgetown, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests in 1939 and 1948.
In the second innings of the First Test at Bridgetown in 1948, Williams hit his first six balls to the boundary: 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4. He reached 50 in half an hour and finished with 72 in 63 minutes.[1] His highest first-class score was 131 not out for Barbados against Trinidad in 1935-36, when he and Manny Martindale shared an eighth-wicket partnership of 255, which remains a West Indian first-class record; he also took three wickets in each innings, opening the bowling.[1][2]
He became the chief sports officer in Barbados.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Wisden 1998, pp. 1442–43.
- ^ "Barbados v Trinidad 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
External links[]
- Foffie Williams at ESPNcricinfo
- Foffie Williams at CricketArchive (subscription required)
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1997 deaths
- West Indies Test cricketers
- Barbadian cricketers
- Barbados cricketers
- Barbadian cricket biography stubs