Willie Morris (cricketer)

William Francis Morris (born 30 March 1955) is a South African former first-class cricketer.

Willie Morris
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Francis Morris
Born (1955-03-30) 30 March 1955
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsChris Morris (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973/74–1991/92Northern Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 74 70
Runs scored 1,653 370
Batting average 16.86 12.33
100s/50s 0/4 0/1
Top score 99 63
Balls bowled 11,848 3,575
Wickets 208 70
Bowling average 26.83 28.15
5 wickets in innings 9 0
10 wickets in match 2 0
Best bowling 7/110 3/17
Catches/stumpings 73/0 40/0
Source: Cricinfo, 21 December 2017

Morris was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman. He represented Northern Transvaal Schools in the 1972/3 Nuffield Week[1] and made his senior debut for Northern Transvaal in October 1973 in the Gillette Cup. He played for Northern Transvaal from 1973 until 1991.[2][3]

He is the father of South African international cricketer Chris Morris.[4][5]

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