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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Indian Army officer (1880–1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = William Henniker Anderson
| birth_date = 17 April 1880
| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|4|4|1880|4|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Maidenhead]], [[Berkshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1912/13
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 26
| bat avg1 = 8.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = 150
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 44.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/33
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 6 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26409.html Cricinfo
}}
'''William Henniker Anderson''' {{postnominal|CBE}} (17 April 1880 – 5 April 1958) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

The son of John Faulkner Henniker Anderson, he was born in [[British Raj|British India]] at [[Rawalpindi]] in April 1880. Anderson attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and graduated from there in August 1899 as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27107|date=11 August 1899|page=5012}}</ref> By 1903, he had been transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] and in June of that year he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]], antedated to August 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27610|date=30 October 1903|page=6619}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in August 1908, at which point he was serving in the [[Poona Horse|33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28187|date=20 October 1908|page=7560}}</ref> Anderson played [[first-class cricket]] while serving in India, making one appearance for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] and another for [[J. G. Greig]]'s personal eleven against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]], with both matches being played in August 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12625/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Anderson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 26 runs across these matches, in addition to taking 2 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12625/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Anderson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12625/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by William Anderson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Anderson served in the [[First World War]] with the 33rd, earning promotion to temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in September 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29687|date=28 July 1916|page=7496}}</ref> which became permanent in September 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30011|date=6 April 1917|page=3336}}</ref> Following the war, he held the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] while holding a director of remounts in February 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31399|date=10 June 1919|page=7521|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in April 1924,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32969|date=24 August 1924|page=6497}}</ref> while the following year he made a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1925 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33053|date=2 June 1925|page=3773|supp=y}}</ref> In June 1928, he was made a temporary [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33389|date=1 June 1928|page=3782}}</ref> before retiring from active service in March 1930 and being granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33644|date=16 September 1930|page=5688}}</ref> Anderson died in England at [[Maidenhead]] in April 1958.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=26409}}

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