Derek Williams (sportsman)
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Birth name | Charles Derek Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 November 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 September 2014 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||
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Charles Derek "CD" Williams (24 November 1924 – 19 September 2014) was a Welsh sportsman who played international rugby union for Wales. He also played first-class cricket for the Oxford University Cricket Club.
As a cricketer, Williams was a Glamorgan Colts player in 1945 and played with the Glamorgan Second XI until 1953, but was unable to break into their
Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire
, in 1949 and 1950.
Williams, a forward, wasn't capped for the
Colombes. In his second Test the following year, Williams scored the try which secured the 1956 Five Nations Championship for Wales, in a 5-3 win over France in Cardiff.[2] His try was controversial as he had come very close to the dead-ball line and television replays also showed that teammate Geoff Whitson had knocked on earlier in the passage.[3] He played most of his club rugby for the Cardiff RFC, which he captained, making a total of 248 appearances.[4] Derek Williams died on 19 September 2014 at the age of 89.[5]
References
- ^ "Oxford University v Gloucestershire in 1946". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Derek Williams". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Global On This Day : Wales whitewashed". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Cardiff Personnel : Derek Williams - Cardiff RFC". Cardiff RFC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.
- ^ Welsh rugby mourns the passing of 'CD' Williams