| William Webb | |
| Fullname: | William Arthur Alexander Webb |
| Birth Date: | 1872 |
| Birth Place: | Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand |
| Death Date: | 29 January 1913 (aged 40) |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Bowling: | Right-arm |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 83 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.54 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 28 |
| Deliveries1: | 780 |
| Wickets1: | 18 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 18.94 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/42 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 19 February |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38815.html CricInfo |
William Arthur Alexander Webb (1872 - 29 January 1913) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1897–98 and 1900–01 seasons.[1]
Webb was born at Mosgiel in Otago in 1872.[2] A right-arm bowler, his best bowling figures came on Otago's northern tour in 1899–1900, when he took 5 for 42 in the second innings in a victory over Hawke's Bay.[3] In a total of seven first-class matches he took 18 wickets. He also appeared for an Otago team against a Melbourne Cricket Club side during the 1899–1900 season in a match which is not considered to be first-class.[4]
Ill-health led Webb to retire from cricket in his thirties, when he took up umpiring, but he died at Dunedin aged 40.[5] His Dunedin cricket club, Opoho, forfeited its next match so its players could attend his funeral.[6]