Foffie Williams
Personal information
Full name
Ernest Albert Vivian Williams
Born(1914-04-10)10 April 1914
Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados
Died13 April 1997(1997-04-13) (aged 83)
Bridgetown, Barbados
NicknameFoffie
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
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.[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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wisden 1998, pp. 1442–43.
  2. "Barbados v Trinidad 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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