William Anderson (Scottish Cricketer)

William Williamson Anderson (27 November 1894 – 16 June 1973) was a Scottish cricketer from Fife.

A right arm paceman, Anderson took 1663 wickets at 8.54 for his club side Dunfermline. He also captained Scotland from 1934 to 1937 and took his career best innings figures of 6 for 51 against the touring Indians in 1932.

He served as President of the Scottish Cricket Union in 1946.

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    Oh, God, why do they do this to us? We only wanted to live, you and I. Why should they send us out to fight each other? If we threw away these rifles and these uniforms, you could be my brother.
    —Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)