| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | William Snowden |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Whiston, Lancashire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1972 - 1975 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 37 |
| Runs1: | 1,413 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.40 |
| 100S/50S1: | 3/4 |
| Top Score1: | 108 |
| Deliveries1: | 20 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 10 |
| Runs2: | 112 |
| Bat Avg2: | 11.20 |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | 44 |
| Deliveries2: | 0 |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 4/– |
| Date: | 6 September |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20922.html Cricinfo |
William Snowden (born 27 September 1952) is an English former cricketer.
Snowden was born in September 1952 at Whiston, Lancashire. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby,[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Leicestershire at Fenner's in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1975, making 35 appearances.[3] Playing as a batsman, he scored 1,315 runs in his 35 first-class matches for Cambridge, at an average of 21.20 and a high score of 108 not out.[4] This score, one of three centuries he made, came against Kent in 1973.[5] He also made two first-class appearances for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team, playing against the touring New Zealanders in 1973, and the touring Indians in 1974.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made ten appearances in List A one-day cricket. The first eight of these came for Cambridge University, with four appearances apiece in the 1972 and 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup,[6] with Snowden scoring 88 runs with a high score of 44.[7] He also made two List A appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] After graduating from Cambridge he became a schoolteacher, teaching geography at Harrow School from 1981 - 2014.