William Bowring (14 November 1874 at St John's, Newfoundland Colony – 12 August 1945 at Bay, St Michael, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900.
He was educated at Sherborne and Marlborough and was the only one of the tourists to have learnt his cricket in England.
St Hill's team in 1898-99 and for Barbados in the 1899-1900 Inter-Colonial Tournament but in none of these matches did he have any success.
He was eventually replaced in this role by Aucher Warner but agreed to join the side as an ordinary member.
He played for Barbados in the 1901-02 Inter-Colonial Tournament and then over three years later was chosen for the combined West Indies team against Lord Brackley's team in 1904-05 when he scored 5 and was absent hurt in the second innings.