"William Ellis" was an English people/English cricketer. Ellis was a right-handed batsman (cricket)/batsman who bowled right-arm Fast bowling/fast-medium. He was born at Rolleston, Nottinghamshire/Rolleston, Nottinghamshire.

Ellis made two first-class cricket/first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club/Nottinghamshire in the 1948 County Championship, against Leicestershire County Cricket Club/Leicestershire and Worcestershire County Cricket Club/Worcestershire, with both matches played at Trent Bridge. Against Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 176/6 Declaration and forfeiture/declared, with Ellis not required to bat. Leicestershire responded in their first-innings by making 169/6, at which point the match, heavily impacted by adverse weather, was declared a draw. In his second match, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat, making 200 all out. In response, Nottinghamshire made 334 all out in their first-innings, with Ellis being dismissed for 29 by Peter Jackson (cricketer)/Peter Jackson. Worcestershire reached 295/3 in their second-innings, with Ellis taking a single wicket, that of century (cricket)/centurion Roly Jenkins for 109, to finish with figures of 1/49 from fifteen over (cricket)/overs.

He died at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, on 9 June 2007.

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They (Huss) came out real aggressive. We got into a hole and never got out.

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He was just on fire. He was obviously motivated to get that jersey.

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