Roy Wills
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| Full name | Roy Wills | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1944 Abington, Northamptonshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Rob Bailey (son-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1973 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Roy Wills (born 5 December 1944) is a former English cricketer. Wills was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Abington, Northamptonshire.
Wills made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Oxford University in 1963. He made 32 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1969 County Championship.[1] In his 33 first-class appearances, he scored a total of 824 runs an average of 17.16, with a high score of 151 not out.[2] This score was his only century and came against Cambridge University in 1966.[3] Although the 1969 season marked his final first-class appearance, he did later make a single List A appearance for Northamptonshire against Warwickshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup,[4] scoring 11 runs before being dismissed by David Brown.[5]
His son-in-law Rob Bailey played first-class cricket and Test cricket for England.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roy Wills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Wills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1966". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Roy Wills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.