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Denis Hill Wood

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Died
  
May 5, 1982

Role
  
Cricket Player


Name
  
Denis Hill-Wood

1928-1929
  
Derbyshire

Education
  
University of Oxford

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Full name
  
Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood

Born
  
25 June 1906 (
1906-06-25
)
Hoxne, Suffolk, England

Relations
  
Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet, Basil Hill-Wood, Wilfred Hill-Wood, Charles Hill-Wood

First-class debut
  
23 May 1928 Oxford University v Derbyshire

Last First-class
  
22 June 1929 Derbyshire v Kent

Batting style
  
Right-handed batsman

Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood (25 June 1906 – 5 May 1982) was the chairman of Arsenal Football Club from 1962 until 1982. He was also an English cricketer who played First Class cricket for Oxford University and MCC in 1928 and Derbyshire in 1928 and 1929.

Hill-Wood was the third son of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet, who was chairman of Arsenal for twenty years, as well as a first-class cricketer for Derbyshire. Hill-Wood went to Oxford University and played seven matches for the university in the 1928 season. He then played for MCC in Ireland and made his first class debut for Derbyshire at the end of the 1928 season when he played three matches. He played one match in the 1929 season.

Similarly to his father, Denis became chairman of Arsenal football club in 1962, a job which he held until his death in 1982. A bust of Hill-Wood was commissioned and used to stand inside the Directors' Landing of the East Stand of Arsenal's Highbury stadium, and now stands in the Directors' Entrance of Emirates Stadium after Arsenal's move there.

Denis had three brothers who also took part in first-class cricket for Derbyshire, the others being Basil Hill-Wood, Wilfred and Charles. Denis's son, Peter, played one first-class match in 1960.

Hill-Wood was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. During the Second World War he served with the Royal Armoured Corps and was wounded in Libya. With other officers he was awarded the Military Cross in 1943 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East".

References

Denis Hill-Wood Wikipedia