Foffie Williams

Foffie Williams

Personal information
Full name	Ernest Albert Vivian Williams
Born	(1914-04-10)10 April 1914 Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados
Died	13 April 1997(1997-04-13) (aged 83) Bridgetown, Barbados
Nickname	Foffie
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 50)	22 July 1939 v England
Last Test	3 March 1939 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 4 42 Runs scored 113 1,479 Batting average 18.83 26.89 100s/50s 0/1 2/6 Top score 72 131* Balls bowled 796 7,369 Wickets 9 116 Bowling average 26.77 29.19 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/51 5/73 Catches/stumpings 2/0 18/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2018

Ernest Albert Vivian "Foffie" Williams (10 April 1914, Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados – 13 April 1997, Bridgetown, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests in 1939 and 1948.

In the second innings of the First Test at Bridgetown in 1948, Williams hit his first six balls to the boundary: 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4. He reached 50 in half an hour and finished with 72 in 63 minutes. His highest first-class score was 131 not out for Barbados against 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.

He became the chief sports officer in Barbados.

External links

• Foffie Williams at ESPNcricinfo
• Foffie Williams at CricketArchive (subscription required)