Basil Hill-Wood

Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1900 – 3 July 1954) was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925.

Hill-Wood was born at Chelsea, London, the eldest son of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet and his wife Hon Rachel Bateman-Hanbury. His father was Member of Parliament and had also played cricket for Derbyshire. He was educated at Eton and became a solicitor.

Hill-Wood made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919 season when he took 4 wickets and scored 24 in a single innings against Northamptonshire. He played two more games in 1919 and next played two games for Derbyshire in the 1921 season. He took part in a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of New Zealand in 1922/23 and was a regular in the Derbyshire side in the 1923 season. He played again for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in which year he also played club and old school games. Hill-Wood was a right hand batsman and played 35 innings for Derbyshire in 22 matches. His top score was 61 and his average 16.29. He was a right arm fast medium bowler and took 45 wickets at an average 31.24. His best match count was 6 for 74.^[1]

Hill-Wood inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1949. He died at Farley Hill, Berkshire at the age of 54.

Hill-Wood married Joan Louisa Brand, daughter of Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden and Lady Katharine Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, on 18 February 1925. They had a daughter and a son who inherited the baronetcy.^[2] As well as his father, Hill Wood's brothers Wilfred Hill-Wood, Denis Hill-Wood and Charles Hill-Wood played cricket for Derbyshire.

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