William Banks (cricketer)

William John Banks (25 April 1822 – 17 January 1901) was a Welsh-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent teams in the 1840s. He was born in Swansea and died at Oxney Court, Dover, Kent.
As a cricketer, Banks was both a batsman and a bowler, though neither his batting nor his bowling style are known and bowling figures for most of his first-class games are incomplete. His highest innings was a score of 38 when he opened the batting with his brother, Edward, for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1845. His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack quoted from Scores and Biographies which described him as "a hard hitter and an active field".
Banks was the grandson of Sir Edward Banks who built the 19th century London Bridge.