Dennis Lillie

Not to be confused with Dennis Lillee. For the British biologist, see Denis G. Lillie

Dennis John Lillie (born 28 October 1945) is a former Australian cricketer. A leg spin bowler he played in the Queensland state team 17 times between 1966 and 1981. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane.

Dennis Lillie

Personal information
Full name	Dennis John Lillie
Born	(1945-10-28) 28 October 1945 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	(2022-03-04)4 March 2022
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg-break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965/66–1981/82	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 17 Runs scored 135 Batting average 8.43 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 29 Balls bowled 2,674 Wickets 33 Bowling average 51.06 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/48 Catches/stumpings 6/-
Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2011

Lillie's career partly overlapped with that of Australian fast bowler and ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Lillee. The two similarly, but not exactly, named players never appeared together in the starting lineups of the same game, however Lillie was twelfth man in a Queensland v Western Australia Sheffield Shield game during the 1980–81 season, and in fact caught Lillee in the first innings of that game. The following line appears from that scorecard: DK Lillee c sub (DJ Lillie) b GS Chappell 11

In a South Australia v Queensland match in 1982, David Hookes hit four consecutive sixes, and 28 runs in an over, off Lillie’s bowling.

External links

• Dennis Lillie at ESPNcricinfo