Huntsman Williams

Benjamin Huntsman Williams (10 June 1944 – 3 August 1978) was a Rhodesian first-class 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
Cause of deathDied of wounds
BattingLeft-handed batsman
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963Orange Free State
1966-1970Rhodesia
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/

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 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.[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 fatally wounded in the arm by a rocket-propelled grenade fired at his vehicle by Bush War terrorists during an ambush. He died of wounds later that day.[5][6]

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