Michael Hill (English cricketer)
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Full name | Michael John Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Harwell, Berkshire, England | 1 July 1951|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1973–1976 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2009 |
Michael John Hill (born 1 July 1951 in Harwell, Berkshire [now Oxfordshire) is a retired English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicketkeeper.
Education[]
He was educated at Abingdon School where he was coached by ex-England cricketer Gerald Smithson. He initially played for the junior fifteen rugby side and rugby sevens team in 1965 and 1966 [1] before winning the Single Wicket Cricket Competition Cup in the summer of 1965.[2] He was selected to play for the Southern Counties cricket team as wicketkeeper, in 1969 and 1970 and was the School's first XI captain in 1970.[3]
Career[]
Hill played his entire first-class career for Hampshire, making his first-class debut in 1973 against the touring West Indians. Hill's next first-class match would not come until 1975, when he played against the touring Australians. The same year Hill made his one-day debut for Hampshire against Surrey County Cricket Club.
Hill played four first-class matches during the 1976 County Championship season, with Hill's final first-class match coming against Kent in May 1976. His final one-day match came against Somerset in the same month. Hill left Hampshire midway through the 1976 season.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Rugby report" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Awards" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Cricket section" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
External links[]
- Michael Hill at Cricinfo
- Michael Hill at CricketArchive
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Vale of White Horse (district)
- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- People educated at Abingdon School