William Donne (cricketer)

William Stephens Donne (2 April 1875 in Wincanton, Somerset – 24 March 1934 in Castle Cary, Somerset) was an English cricket player, and former president of the Rugby Football Union, and was a member of the cricket team that won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

[1][2] Donne was one of the founding members of the Devon and Somerset Wanderers Cricket Club, and part of the team on their first tour in 1894 of the Isle of Wight.

Donne attended King's School, Bruton, and joined the family business of rope and twine manufacturers which was founded in Castle Cary in 1797.

He became an Alderman for Somerset County Council and a governor for his former school.

He served as a captain in the Somerset Light Infantry during the First World War.