Huntsman Williams
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Full name | Benjamin Huntsman Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | 10 June 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
3 August 1978 34) near Turk Mine, Matabeleland, Rhodesia | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966-1970 | Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] This earned him a call up to the Rhodesia 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.[4]
When not playing cricket, Williams worked as a farmer, in Inyati. On 3 August 1978, while on duty as a police reserve, he was killed when a rocket was fired at his vehicle, by Bush War terrorists.[5]