Alfred Hill (cricketer, born 1865)

Alfred William Hill (29 July 1865 – 27 May 1936) was an English cricketer. Hill was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire.

Alfred Hill

Personal information
Full name	Alfred William Hill
Born	(1865-07-29)29 July 1865 Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, England
Died	27 May 1936(1936-05-27) (aged 70) Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1904–1905	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 30 Batting average 30.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 29* Balls bowled 78 Wickets 1 Bowling average 54.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/47 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2011

Hill made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against the touring South Africans in 1904. In this match he took his only first-class wicket, that of William Shalders, for the cost of 47 runs from 10 overs. With the bat, he ended Gloucestershire's first-innings unbeaten on 29, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Charlie Llewellyn. The following year he played his second and final first-class match for Gloucestershire, against Nottinghamshire in the 1905 County Championship. In this match, he bowled 3 wicket-less overs and wasn't required to bat.

He died at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, on 27 May 1936.

External links

• Alfred Hill at ESPNcricinfo
• Alfred Hill at CricketArchive