John Hill (22 September 1930 – 26 August 2002) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago teams, two during the 1961–62 season and six in 1962–63.[1]
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| Born | 22 September 1930 Gore, Southland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 August 2002 (aged 71) Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Robbie Hill (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953/54–1965/66 | Southland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961/62–1962/63 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 21 April 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hill was born at Gore in Southland and was educated at Gore High School.[2] A left-arm medium-pace bowler, he played most of his senior cricket for Southland. In Southland's match against the touring West Indian team in 1955–56, he took 8 for 55 in the first innings.[3] A year later, against the touring Australians, he took four of the six wickets that fell in the Australians' only innings.[4] In his first-class career his best figures came in his last match, for an Otago Invitation XI against the touring MCC in March 1963, when he took four wickets.[5]
Hill died at Invercargill in 2002 at the age of 71.[1] An obituary was published in the 2003 edition of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[2] His son, Robbie, also played for Otago and Southland.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "John Hill". CricInfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 67. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ "Southland v West Indians 1955-56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Southland v Australians 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1964, pp. 833–834.
- ^ "Robbie Hill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.