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Roy Wills

b. 1944

Cricketer (born 1944)

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Born 1944. Roy Wills is a British cricketer.

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. 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. This score was his only century and came against Cambridge University in 1966. 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, scoring 11 runs before being dismissed by David Brown.

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

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cricketer (born 1944)

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Roy Wills was born on 5 December 1944 in Abington.

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· Wikidata: Q7373510

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