Thomas Williams (Irish cricketer)

{{short description|Irish cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Ireland

| fullname = Thomas Christopher Williams

| birth_date = 13 December 1908

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1982|8|14|1908|12|13}}

| death_place = Clonmel, Munster, Ireland

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Leg break
Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Ireland

| year1 = 1939

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 25

| bat avg1 = 12.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 23

| deliveries1 = 89

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 50.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/36

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 1 November

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24539.html Cricinfo

}}

Thomas Christopher Williams (13 December 1908 – 14 August 1982) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Williams was born at Dublin in December 1908, where he was educated in the city at Synge Street CBS.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/410/index.shtml |title=Player profile: Thomas Christopher Williams |publisher=CricketEurope |accessdate=2018-11-01}} Initially playing his club cricket for Pembroke, Williams debuted for Ireland in a minor match against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1937.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26919/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Thomas Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-01}} He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dublin in 1939.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26919/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Thomas Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-01}} Batting twice in the match, Williams scored 23 runs in Ireland's first-innings, before he was dismissed by William Laidlaw; in their second-innings he was dismissed by William Dippie for 2 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17035.html |title=Ireland v Scotland, 1939 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-01}} He also took a single wicket during the match, dismissing John Farquhar in Scotland's first-innings, with match figures of 1/50. He was employed by Bulmers Irish Cider, with his work commitments necessitating a move from Dublin to Clonmel in County Tipperary, where he played club cricket for Cahir Park Cricket Club. He died at Clonmel in August 1982.