Foffie Williams
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Full name | Ernest Albert Vivian Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados | 10 April 1914|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 April 1997 Bridgetown, Barbados | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Foffie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2018 |
Ernest Albert Vivian "Foffie" Williams (10 April 1914, Bank Hall,
1948
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In the second innings of the First Test at
Trinidad in 1935–36, when he and Manny Martindale shared an eighth-wicket partnership of 255, which remains a West Indian first-class record; he also took three wickets in each innings, opening the bowling.[1][2]
He became the chief sports officer in Barbados.[1]
References
External links
- Foffie Williams at ESPNcricinfo
- Foffie Williams at CricketArchive (subscription required)