Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1957)

Richard Grenville Williams is a Welsh former cricketer active from 1974 to 1992 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He was born in Bangor, Caernarvonshire on 10 August 1957. He appeared in 284 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled off spin. He scored 11,817 runs with a highest score of 175 not out, one of eighteen centuries, and took 376 wickets with a best performance of seven for 73.[1]

A highlight of his career was winning the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup with Northamptonshire. Williams was man of the match in the semi-final, scoring 73 not out and taking two for 24 against Middlesex.[2] He was less fortunate in 1987 when the county lost narrowly in the final of the same tournament to Yorkshire, in spite of Williams taking three wickets and sharing a partnership of 120 with David Capel.[3] (Later that season Williams also played as Northamptonshire lost the final of the NatWest Trophy to Nottinghamshire.) He was part of an "English Counties XI" tour of Zimbabwe in 1984-5.[4]

Notes
  1. Richard Williams at CricketArchive
  2. "Middlesex v Northamptonshire at Lord's, 25-26 June 1980". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. "Northamptonshire v Yorkshire at Lord's, 11 July 1987". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. "English Counties XI in Zimbabwe: Feb/Mar 1985". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.


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