William John Banks (25 April 1822 – 17 January 1901) was a Welsh-born English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent teams in the 1840s.
[1] He was born at Swansea and died at Oxney Court near Dover in Kent.
As a cricketer played 10 first-class matches between 1843 and 1848.
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.
[2] His Wisden obituary quoted from Scores and Biographies which described him as "a hard hitter and an active field".