| Full name: | William Edward Alley |
| Born: | 3rd February 1919, Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | 26th November 2004, Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Batting: | Left-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Relations: | Nephew: PJS Alley |
| Teams: | New South Wales (Main FC: 1945/46-1947/48); Somerset (Main FC: 1957-1968); Somerset (Main ListA: 1963-1968); All teams |
| Somerset cap: 1957 | |
| Somerset benefit season: 1961 (raised 2,700 pounds) | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1962 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1945/46-1968) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 400 | 682 | 67 | 19612 | 221* | 31.88 | 31 | 92 | 293 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1945/46-1968) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 46034 | 2273 | 17421 | 768 | 8-65 | 22.68 | 30 | 1 | 59.94 | 2.27 |
| List A Career Batting and Fielding (1963-1968) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 17 | 17 | 2 | 288 | 58* | 19.20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| List A Career Bowling (1963-1968) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Somerset | 1105 | 56 | 405 | 25 | 4-14 | 16.20 | 1 | 0 | 44.20 | 2.19 |