William Louis Taggart Webb (6 February 1898 – 3 April 1969) was an English first-class

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er and civil servant. Webb was born at

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. He first joined the

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in August 1922 as a clerk in the Inland Revenue. He represented the Civil Service cricket team in its only appearance in first-class cricket against the touring New Zealanders at

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in 1927. Batting twice during the match, he scored 59 runs in the Civil Service first-innings before being dismissed by Matt Henderson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 17 runs by Roger Blunt. He later transferred to the

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in November 1929. He died at Southport in April 1969.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, William 1898 births 1969 deaths Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark People from Camberwell English civil servants English cricketers Civil Service cricketers