| William Cummins | |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Blackrock, Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Woodville, Cork, Ireland |
| Position: | Forward |
| Repyears1: | 1879–82 |
| Repcaps1: | 3 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
William Edward Ashley Cummins (4 February 1858 — 18 October 1923) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Cork, Cummins was educated at University College Cork and Queen's College Belfast. He appeared occasionally in rugby international for Ireland during his tertiary studies, gaining three caps as a forward.[1]
Cummins remained based in Cork through his medical career. He was Professor of Practice of Medicine at University College Cork and a senior surgeon at the City of Cork Hospital for Women and Children.[2]
Raising 11 children, Cummins had two sons follow him into medicine, as did his daughters Jane and Mary. His eldest daughter was the Irish playwright Geraldine Cummins. Another daughter, Iris Cummins, was University College Cork's first female engineering graduate.[3]