Ralph Williams

Ralph Augustin Williams was an English cricketer and barrister. Williams was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Caversham, Berkshire. Educated at Winchester College, Williams made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Buckinghamshire against Oxfordshire in 1895. He played for Oxfordshire in the 1896 season, making 3 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. The season after that, he joined Berkshire, who he made his debut for against Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship. Following his education at Winchester College, Williams undertook studies at University College, Oxford. It was in 1899 that he made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Worcestershire. He made 11 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1902. In his 12 first-class matches for the university, he scored 443 runs at an average of 23.31, with a high score of 65. This score, one of four fifties he scored for the university, came against Ireland in 1902. With the ball, he took 22 wickets at a bowling average of 34.90, with best figures of 5/30.