A. P. Williams
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Alfred Percy Williams was an Australian cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired one Test match
, between Australia
and England
, played at Sydney
on 19 December to 27 December 1924. This match was notable for being the first Test match in which the 8-ball over was used, for Bill Ponsford
’s century on debut, and for the 127 run partnership for the 10th wicket between Johnny Taylor
and Arthur Mailey
, still Australia’s best for this wicket. Williams' colleague was Alfred Jones.
He umpired one Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
, between Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
and England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
, played at Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
on 19 December to 27 December 1924. This match was notable for being the first Test match in which the 8-ball over was used, for Bill Ponsford
Bill Ponsford
William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE 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 Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...
’s century on debut, and for the 127 run partnership for the 10th wicket between Johnny Taylor
Johnny Taylor (cricketer)
John Morris "Johnny" Taylor was an Australian dual international in cricket and rugby union.He attended Newington College and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney....
and Arthur Mailey
Arthur Mailey
Arthur Alfred Mailey was an Australian cricketer who played in 21 Test matches between 1920 and 1926....
, still Australia’s best for this wicket. Williams' colleague was Alfred Jones.