Robert Hills (September 1813 – 25 July 1884) was an English cricketer active in the late 1830s. Born at Ash-Next-Ridley, Kent, he was a batsman and bowler of unknown handedness who made seven known appearances in first-class cricket.[1]
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Full name | Robert Hills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 1813 Ash-Next-Ridley, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 July 1884 (aged 70) Gravesend, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1836–1838 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2014 |
Hills made his first-class debut for Kent against Sussex in 1836 at the Old County Ground, Town Malling.[2] He made a further appearance in 1836 in a return fixture between the sides at Brighton, before making five further first-class appearances in 1837.[2] In seven first-class matches for Kent he scored 51 runs at an average of 5.66, with a top-score of 14 not out.[3] As a bowler he took 13 wickets, though due to incomplete records, his bowling average is not known, but it is known the most wickets he took in a single innings was three.[4]
He died at Gravesend, Kent on 25 July 1884.
References
edit- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 249. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Robert Hills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Hills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Hills". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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