{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Roy Wills | image = | fullname = Roy Wills | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|12|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Abington, Northamptonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = Occasional wicket-keeper | family = Rob Bailey (son-in-law)
| club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = {{nowrap|1963–1973}} | clubnumber1 =
| columns = 2 | hidedeliveries = true | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 33 | runs1 = 824 | bat avg1 = 17.16 | 100s/50s1 = 1/2 | top score1 = 151* | catches/stumpings1 = 26/0 | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 11 | bat avg2 = 11.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 11 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 17 December | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23043.html Cricinfo }}
'''Roy Wills''' (born 5 December 1944) is a former English cricketer. Wills was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Abington, Northamptonshire.
Wills made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Oxford University in 1963. He made 32 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1969 County Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref> In his 33 first-class appearances, he scored a total of 824 runs an average of 17.16, with a high score of 151 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref> This score was his only century and came against Cambridge University in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28118.html|title=Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1966|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref> Although the 1969 season marked his final first-class appearance, he did later make a single List A appearance for Northamptonshire against Warwickshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33924/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Roy Wills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref> scoring 11 runs before being dismissed by David Brown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33166.html|title=Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref>
His son-in-law Rob Bailey played first-class cricket and Test cricket for England.
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=23043}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wills, Roy}} Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Northampton Category:English cricketers Category:Northamptonshire cricketers Category:People from Abington, Northamptonshire Category:20th-century English sportsmen