| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | William Ezra Coleman |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Death Place: | Napsbury, Hertfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Hertfordshire |
| Year1: | 1896 - 1914 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1902 - 1909 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 180 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.25 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 37 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,008 |
| Wickets1: | 23 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 5 July |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11227.html Cricinfo |
William Ezra Coleman (5 December 1878 - 27 January 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.
Coleman was born at Hitchin in December 1878. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Norfolk in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship.[1] Six years later he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against London County at Lord's. Coleman played first-class cricket for the MCC until 1909, making a total of ten appearances.[2] Across his ten matches, he scored 180 runs at an average of 11.25, with a high score of 37.[3] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 6 for 30.[4] These figures, which was his only five wicket haul in first-class cricket, came against Oxford University in 1903.[5] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1914, making a total of 147 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] He scored a total of 3,885 runs for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship, as well as taking 619 wickets.[6] He is Hertfordshire's fourth leading wicket-taker in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]
Outside of playing, he spent ten years on the groundstaff at Lord's, in addition to coaching cricket at St George's School, Harpenden and spending 23 years coaching at Aldenham School.[7] He died in January 1960 at Napsbury, Hertfordshire.