Arthur Hill (cricketer)
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Arthur Hill England (Eng) |
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Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
Bowling type | Underarm right-arm fast | |
Tests | First-class | |
Matches | 3 | 221 |
Runs scored | 251 | 10,353 |
Batting average | 62.75 | 27.98 |
100s/50s | 1/1 | 19/44 |
Top score | 124 | 199 |
Balls bowled | 40 | 16,918 |
Wickets | 4 | 305 |
Bowling average | 2.00 | 27.99 |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 4 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | 1 |
Best bowling | 4/8 | 7/36 |
Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 143/0 |
Test debut: 13 February 1896 |
Arthur James Ledger Hill (born 26 July 1871 in Bassett, Hampshire, England; died 6 September 1950 in Spursholt House, Hampshire, England) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1890 and 1893, and for Hampshire between 1895 and 1921. He also played three Test matches for England on their tour to South Africa in 1895-96.
Hill scored the first-ever first-class century to be scored in India.