Full name Richard Ernest Hill Name Richard Hill 1882 Somerset | Bowling style Left-arm fast Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 12 August 1861 ( 1861-08-12 ) Timsbury, Bath, Somerset, England Died 25 December 1924(1924-12-25) (aged 63)
Westminster, Middlesex, England | ||
Richard Hill (12 August 1861 — 25 December 1924) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm fast bowler who played for Somerset. He was born in Timsbury and died in Westminster.
Hill made a single first-class appearance for the team during the 1882 season, against Gloucestershire. From the lower order, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted and 7 not out in the second, his first-innings wicket falling courtesy of W. G. Grace.
Hill bowled eight overs during the match, capturing one wicket, that of onetime Test player James Cranston.
Hill's brother, Francis, made a single first-class appearance for Somerset during the 1882 season.
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