Graham Williams (mai wasan cricket na Australiya)

Robert Graham Williams MBE (4 ga Afrilu 1911 - 31 ga Agusta 1978) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya wanda ya buga wasan ƙwallaye na farko a Kudancin Australia daga 1933 zuwa 1938 da kuma ƙungiyar Australian Services a 1945. An ba shi lambar yabo ta MBE saboda hidimomin da ya yi wa 'yan uwansa fursunonin yaki a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.

 Rayuwa da aiki 

 Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II 
An haifi Graham Williams a yankin Adelaide na St Peters, kuma ya halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred. Lokacin da ya bar makaranta ya yi karatu a Makarantar Ma'adinai da Masana'antu ta Kudancin Australia, ya kammala a 1934 a matsayin mai kula da ulu. Ya yi aiki a Adelaide tare da kamfanin Goldsbrough Mort & Co. 

Mai tsayi mai tsayi mai matsakaici kuma mai amfani mai ƙarancin tsari, Williams ya sami mafi kyawun lokacinsa ga Kudancin Australia a 1937-38, lokacin da ya ɗauki wickets 24 a matsakaicin 24.20 kuma ya yi gudu 233 a 21.18. Ya kuma rubuta mafi kyawun adadi na bowling a wannan kakar, lokacin da ya dauki 6 ga 21 a kan Queensland a ranar Kirsimeti ta 1937.

Ya shafe mafi yawan 1938 a Bradford, Yorkshire, yana fadada iliminsa game da kasuwancin ulu. Yayinda yake can ya taka leda tare da wasu nasarori ga Bradford a cikin Bradford Cricket League. 

 Ayyukan yaki da kuma daga baya 
Williams enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in April 1940."Robert Graham Williams MBE". Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2019. Warrant-Officer Navigator Williams was taken prisoner in July 1941 after his plane was shot down over Libya, and was released in April 1945. While imprisoned he learned braille so he could teach it to blind prisoners. He also taught agriculture, economics and touch typing in the prison camps. In 1946 he was awarded the MBE for his services to his fellow prisoners.

Duk da cewa ya rasa kilo 31 a lokacin da yake kurkuku, kasa da wata daya bayan an sake shi Williams yana wasa da wasan kurket ga ƙungiyar RAAF da Empire XI a Lord's. Jama'a 15,000 masu karfi, da suka san tarihin yaƙi, sun ba shi yabo a tsaye lokacin da ya shiga ya buga. Abokin aikinsa na RAAF Keith Miller ya bayyana lokacin a matsayin "lokacin da ya fi sha'awa da na taɓa gani ko na ji, kusan na kiɗa a cikin sauti da ji".[1] Ya buga wa kungiyoyin sabis a duk lokacin kakar 1945, gami da dukkan gwaje-gwaje biyar na Victory tsakanin ma'aikatan Australiya da Ingila.[2]

Ya auri Josephine Simpson a Adelaide a watan Janairun shekara ta 1946.  Abokin aikinsa na XI Albert Cheetham shine mafi kyawunsa. Ya ci gaba da aikinsa tare da Goldsbrough Mort bayan yakin.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1911