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.
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2018 |
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.[1] 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.[1][2]
He became the chief sports officer in Barbados.[1]
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