{{Short description|South African cricket umpire (1870–1918)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = William Creese | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = William Henry Creese | birth_date = {{birth date|1870|1|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales | death_date = {{death date and age|1918|10|23|1870|1|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Belgium | batting = | role = | umpire = true | testsumpired = 1 | umptestdebutyr = 1902 | umptestlastyr = | date = 5 July 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44477.html Cricinfo }} '''William Creese''' (15 January 1870 – 23 October 1918) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. Australia, in 1902.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44477.html |title= William Creese |accessdate=5 July 2013 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He was killed in action during World War I.<ref>{{CWGC|id=28042|name=W J Creese|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> His son was the cricketer Len Creese.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228559.html|title=Obituaries in 1974|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Test cricket umpires * Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1902–03
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