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Alfred Hill (cricketer, born 1865)

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Full name
  
Alfred William Hill

Name
  
Alfred Hill

1904–1905
  
Gloucestershire

Batting style
  
Left-handed


Born
  
29 July 1865 (
1865-07-29
)
Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, England

Died
  
27 May 1936(1936-05-27) (aged 70) Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England

Bowling style
  
Right-arm off break

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.

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.

References

Alfred Hill (cricketer, born 1865) Wikipedia