Country: | England |
Fullname: | John William Willis |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1886 |
Birth Place: | Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England |
Death Place: | Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Northamptonshire |
Year1: | 1919 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 4 |
Bat Avg1: | 2.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 4 |
Deliveries1: | 60 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 17 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23038.html Cricinfo |
John William Willis (31 August 1886 - 21 September 1963) was an English cricketer. Willis was a right-handed batsman, though his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Rothwell, Northamptonshire.
Willis made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire against Yorkshire in the 1919 County Championship.[1] In Northamptonshire's first-innings he was dismissed for 4 by Roy Kilner, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for a duck. With the ball, Willis bowled a total of ten wicketless overs.[2]
He died at the town of his birth on 21 September 1963.