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John Williams (cricketer, born 1878)

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Batting style
  
Right-handed

Role
  
Cricketer

1903-04
  
Hawke's Bay

Died
  
April 25, 1915, Kabatepe

1908
  
Gloucestershire

Position
  
Batsman

Name
  
John Williams


John Williams (cricketer, born 1878)

Full name
  
John Nathaniel Williams

Born
  
27 January 1878 (
1878-01-27
)
Kensington, London

Relations
  
Philip Williams (brother)

John Nathaniel "Nat" Williams (27 January 1878 – 25 April 1915) was an English cricketer. He played for Hawke's Bay in 1903 and Gloucestershire in 1908.

The son of Sir Robert Williams, Williams was educated at Eton and Oxford University. He went to New Zealand, where he worked in the gold mining industry at Waihi. He enlisted in the New Zealand armed forces as a private, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

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