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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Patrick Cyril Williams
| birth_date = 12 December 1912
| birth_place = [[Ningbo]], [[Zhejiang]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|12|9|1912|12|12}}
| death_place = [[Helston]], [[Cornwall]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1940/41
| club2 = [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]]
| year2 = 1947
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 14
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = 172
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 29.33
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/88
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 26 June
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35976.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Patrick Cyril Williams''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (12 December 1912 – 9 December 1981) was both an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Army]]. Williams served in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] from 1933 to 1964, during which time he was recognised for his contribution to the [[Malayan Emergency]]. He played [[first-class cricket]] while stationed in [[British India]] during the Second World War.

==Life and military career==
Williams was born at [[Ningbo]] in the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] in December 1912. He attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] in England, graduating in February 1933 and entering into the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33908|date=3 February 1933|page=742}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in February 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34252|date=4 February 1936|page=733|supp=y}}</ref> He served with the Royal Army Signal Corps during the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in February 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35063|date=31 January 1941|page=675|supp=y}}</ref> While stationed in [[British India]] in December 1940, Williams made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against [[The Rest cricket team|The Rest]] at [[Brabourne Stadium|Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14916/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Patrick Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 14 runs in the Europeans first-innings by [[Grimley Richards]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[W. L. Mascarenhas]]. With the ball he took 3 wickets in The Rest's first-innings, taking figures of 3 for 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17288.html |title=Europeans v The Rest, 1940/41|publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Just under a year after the conclusion of the war, he was promoted to the rank of [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]] in July 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37635|date=28 July 1946|page=3370|supp=y}}</ref> Williams played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]] upon his return from duty, making a single appearance in the 1947 [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14916/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Patrick Williams |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=26 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in April 1954.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40300|date=12 October 1954|page=5831|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in December 1957, in recognition of his service during the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41257|date=17 December 1957|page=7427|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in November 1985.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41550|date=14 November 1958|page=7047|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from active service in July 1964.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43396|date=28 July 1964|page=6495|supp=y}}</ref> He died in December 1981 at [[Helston]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35976}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Patrick}}
[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:British Army colonels]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ningbo]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Royal Corps of Signals officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Wiltshire cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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