William James Green (1834 – 11 January 1876) was an English cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1856 and 1861. He was born at Gravesend in Kent in 1834, the son of William and Rebecca Green (née King).Carlaw, pp. 198–199. (Retrieved 21 December 2020.)Moore, Dudley (1988). The History of Kent County Cricket Club, p. 246. London: Christopher Helm. Milton H (1983) Kent Cricketers 1834–1983, p. 13. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online. Retrieved 7 June 2022.)
Green played club cricket for Gravesend Cricket Club regularly and made his debut for Kent against Sussex in 1856. He made two further first-class appearances for the county, in 1859 against a Middlesex team and in 1861 against Cambridgeshire. In first-class matches he scored a total of 17 runs, with the 12 he scored in his second innings on debut his highest score.Milton H (1999) The Bat and Ball Gravesend: a first-class cricket history, p. 129. Gravesend: Gravesend Cricket Club. William Green, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2017. He played in a Kent trial match in 1860 and in 1865 played for the Players of Kent against the Gentlemen of Kent in a match at the Bat and Ball Ground in Gravesend, scoring 23 runs and taking a wicket for his team.
A house painter by trade, Green married and had three children with his wife Henrietta. He died at Gravesend in 1876 aged 41.William Green, CricInfo. Retrieved 19 July 2017.Deaths registered in January, February, and March 1876, p. 186. General Register Office for England and Wales.
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