Alfred Percy Williams (died 22 May 1933) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. Williams umpired 15 first-class matches, all at the

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, between 1919 and 1928. He umpired one Test match, between

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and

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, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 19 to 27 December 1924. This match was notable for being the first Test match in which the 8-ball

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was used, for

Bill Ponsford William Harold Ponsford MBE (19 October 1900 – 6 April 1991) was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bil ...

's century on debut, and for the 127-run partnership for the 10th wicket between

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and

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, still Australia's best for this wicket. Williams' colleague was Alfred Jones. He died at his home in

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, leaving a widow, Lucy.

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