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Rhodesian cricketer

Huntsman Williams
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Huntsman Williams
Born(1944-06-10)10 June 1944
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Died3 August 1978(1978-08-03) (aged 34)
near Turk Mine, Matabeleland, Rhodesia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963/64Orange Free State
1966/67–1969/70Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 143
Batting average 9.53
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30
Balls bowled 948
Wickets 14
Bowling average 36.14
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/56
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 November 2022

Benjamin Huntsman Williams (10 June 1944 – 3 August 1978) was a Rhodesian first-class cricketer.

Williams, a left-arm fast-medium bowler, was a good enough player in his youth to have represented Rhodesian Nuffield, South African Schools and Rhodesia Country Districts by his 18th birthday.

He made his first-class debut in the 1963/64 Currie Cup season, playing for Orange Free State against North Eastern Transvaal. Despite opening the bowling in each innings, he failed to take a wicket.

In 1966 he appeared for Matabeleland against the touring Australian team, in a non first-class fixture. He took four first innings wickets, Bob Simpson, Bob Cowper, Ian Redpath and Keith Stackpole. This earned him a call up to the Rhodesian side to take on the same opponent and he made two further first-class appearances in the 1966/67 Currie Cup competition. He didn't play again for Rhodesia until the 1969/70 Currie Cup, when he took part in four matches.

When not playing cricket, Williams worked as a farmer, in Inyati. On 3 August 1978, while on duty as a police reserve, he was fatally wounded in the arm by a rocket-propelled grenade fired at his vehicle by Bush War guerrillas during an ambush. He died of wounds later that day.

References

  1. "Miscellaneous Matches Played By Huntsman Williams (5)". CricketArchive.
  2. "Orange Free State v North Eastern Transvaal". CricketArchive.
  3. "Matabeleland v Australians". CricketArchive.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Huntsman Williams (9)". CricketArchive.
  5. "Obituaries in 1978". Wisden. 5 December 2005.
  6. "Benjamin Huntsman Williams: The cricketer killed by a Bush War rocket". cricketcountry.com. May 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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