| William Higgins | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | William Lawrence Higgins |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Date: | 14 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37393.html ESPNcricinfo |
William Lawrence Higgins (15 November 1888 - 3 July 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1910–11 and 1920–21 seasons.[1]
Higgins was born at Dunedin in 1888, the son of Lawrence Higgins, a sergeant in the New Zealand Army. The family were living in the Tuapeka area of North Otago when Higgins made his first-class debut for Otago, playing in a December 1910 match against Canterbury at Carisbrook.[2] [3] He recorded a duck in his first innings and scored 17 runs in the second.[4]
After playing against Southland in 1911–12 and against Auckland in the 1912–13 Plunket Shield, Higgins played three times during 1913–14. After serving in the New Zealand Army during World War I he played twice for the representative side in 1920–21, once against Canterbury before making his final first-class appearance against the touring Australians in March 1921. In his seven first-class matches he scored a total of 201 runs, including a highest score of 67 made against Canterbury during his final season of representative cricket.[4] [5]
Higgins died at Ashburton in Mid-Canterbury in 1968. He was aged 79.[1]