Roy Wills

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Roy Wills

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| fullname = Roy Wills

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|12|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Abington, Northamptonshire, England

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| batting = Left-handed

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| role = Occasional wicket-keeper

| family = Rob Bailey (son-in-law)

| club1 = Northamptonshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1963–1973}}

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| columns = 2

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 824

| bat avg1 = 17.16

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2

| top score1 = 151*

| catches/stumpings1 = 26/0

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 11

| bat avg2 = 11.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 11

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 17 December

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23043.html Cricinfo

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Roy Wills (born 5 December 1944) is a former English cricketer. Wills was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Abington, Northamptonshire.

Wills made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Oxford University in 1963. He made 32 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1969 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} In his 33 first-class appearances, he scored a total of 824 runs an average of 17.16, with a high score of 151 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} This score was his only century and came against Cambridge University in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28118.html|title=Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1966|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} Although the 1969 season marked his final first-class appearance, he did later make a single List A appearance for Northamptonshire against Warwickshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} scoring 11 runs before being dismissed by David Brown.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33166.html|title=Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}

His son-in-law Rob Bailey played first-class cricket and Test cricket for England.