Mick Williment

Mick Williment

Birth name	Michael Williment
Date of birth	(1940-02-25)25 February 1940
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death	5 September 1994(1994-09-05) (aged 54)
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
School	Rongotai College
University	Victoria University of Wellington
Notable relative(s)	Marc Ellis (nephew)[1]
Occupation(s)	Travel company proprietor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1958–68 Wellington 108 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1962–67 NZ Universities 1964–67 New Zealand 9 (70)

Michael Williment (25 February 1940 – 5 September 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union and cricket player, and co-founder of sports tour company Williment World Travel.

Rugby union

A fullback, Williment represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1964 to 1967. He played nine matches for the All Blacks, all of them internationals.^[2]

Cricket

Williment was also a promising cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman, he played for the Wellington under-20 side in the 1958–59 and 1959-60 seasons.^[1]

Personal and business life

Williment married Rosemary Leonora Frances Ellis, the daughter of Cyclax (New Zealand) general manager John Clifford Gwynne Ellis, and together the couple established Williment World Travel, a sports tour company, in 1968.^[3][4] Williment died from cancer in Wellington in 1994,^[2][3] and was buried at Taitā Lawn Cemetery.^[5] Rosemary Williment continued to run the travel business until 2001, when she sold the company to senior management. She had remarried lawyer Warren Allen in 1998, and died in 2012.^[3]

References

1. Mick Williment at CricketArchive (subscription required)
2. Knight, Lindsay. "Mick Williment". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
3. Donoghue, Tim (19 May 2012). "Businesswoman pioneered travel services for All Black fans". Dominion Post. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
4. "Personal notes". Evening Post. 31 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
5. "Record Details: Michael Williment". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.