William Douglas (6 June 1848 – 7 September 1887) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1878–79 season.

Douglas was born at Longford in what was at that point still Van Diemen's Land in 1848 and was educated at Horton College on the island.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 44. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. His father, Roddam Douglas, was born in England at Fareham in Hampshire in 1817 and his uncle, Adye Douglas was Premier of the Colony of Tasmania.Roddam Douglas, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2023. Social and General, Otago Daily Times, issue 7994, 5 October 1887, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 June 2023.) Douglas is known to have played cricket in Tasmania towards the end of the 1860s, and both his father and brother, Onslow Douglas, also played cricket in the colony.Onslow Douglas, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

A leading member of Albion Cricket Club in Dunedin,Editorial, Evening Star, issue 7311, 8 September 1887, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 June 2023.) and later captain of Gore Cricket Club,Gore Cricket Club, Mataura Ensign, volume 10, issue 706, 23 September 1887, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 June 2023.) Douglas played for Otago against a touring Australian side in January 1878 and made his only first-class appearance during the following season in a provincial representative match against Canterbury―the only match played in New Zealand during the season which is considered to hold first-class status. He was out first ball in both of his innings, recording a king pair.

Douglas had moved to New Zealand during the 1870s, initially working for the government Railway Department. He was the agent and later manager for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at Gore in the Southland Region of New Zealand from 1882. He died there in 1887 from syncope aged 39, leaving a wife and a daughter.The late Mr William Douglas, Mataura Ensign, volume 10, issue 702, 9 September 1887, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 June 2023.)Lamentable occurrence, Southland Times, issue 9617, 8 September 1887, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 June 2023.)

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