Joe Hills

Joseph John Hills was a first class cricketer and test match umpire [1]. Born in London in 1897, he played 107 matches for Glamorgan and Wales between 1926 and 1931. A wicket keeper and right-handed batsman, he took 93 catches and completed 5 stumpings and scored 3474 runs at 21.57 with a best of 166. He made 7 centuries in all. He stood in the England v South Africa test in 1947 and died in Hampshire in 1969.