Mark Williams (cricketer, born 1955)

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

{{Other people |Mark Williams}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Christopher Mark Bebb Williams

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|1|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stamford Hill, London, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break googly

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| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1976

| club2 = Shropshire

| year2 = 1981–1986

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 31

| bat avg1 = 15.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 10 July

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23012.html Cricinfo

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Christopher Mark Bebb Williams (born 11 January 1955) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Williams was born at Stamford Hill in January 1955.{{Cite web |title=Mark Williams |url=https://www.cricketarchive.com/Middlesex/Players/33/33893/33893.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.cricketarchive.com}} While studying at the University of Cambridge, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Warwickshire at Fenner's in 1976.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33893/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Mark Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-10 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first-innings for 2 runs by Stephen Perryman, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Peter Lewington for 29 runs.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36158.html |title=Cambridge University v Warwickshire, 1976 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-10 |url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing first-class cricket, Williams also played minor counties cricket for Shropshire in 1981 and 1982, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship,{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33893/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Mark Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-10 |url-access=subscription}} before returning to make a single appearance for Shropshire in the 1986 MCCA Knockout Trophy.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33893/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Mark Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-10 |url-access=subscription}} After graduating from Cambridge, he became a schoolteacher.