John Williams (cricketer, born 1878)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | John Nathaniel Williams |
Born | Kensington, London, England | 27 January 1878
Died | 25 April 1915 Gaba Tepe, Anzac Cove, Ottoman Turkey | (aged 37)
Batting | Right-handed |
Relations | Philip Williams (brother) |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1903-04 | Hawke's Bay |
1908 | Gloucestershire |
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2014 |
John Nathaniel "Nat" Williams (27 January 1878 – 25 April 1915) was an English cricketer. He played for Hawke's Bay in 1903 and Gloucestershire in 1908.[1]
The son of Sir Robert Williams, Williams was educated at Eton and Oxford University. He went to New Zealand, where he worked in the gold mining industry at Waihi. He enlisted in the New Zealand armed forces as a private, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 during the Landing at Anzac Cove.
References
- ^ "John Williams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
External links
- Cenotaph Record, John Nathaniel Williams
- John Williams at CricketArchive
- Private Williams of Hawke’s Bay
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- 1878 births
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- English cricketers
- Gloucestershire cricketers
- People from Kensington
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- New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I
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- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- English cricket biography, 1870s birth stubs