| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wyndham Hill-Smith | |||
| Born | 16 February 1909 Angaston, South Australia, Australia |
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| Died | 25 October 1990 (aged 81) Angaston, Australia |
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| Batting style | left-hand batsman | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Relations | C Hill, LR Hill, A Hill, H Hill, P Hill (uncles) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1931/32–1933/34 | Western Australia | |||
| First-class debut | 19 March 1932 Western Australia v South Africans | |||
| Last First-class | 26 March 1934 Western Australia v Australian XI | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 9 | |||
| Runs scored | 393 | |||
| Batting average | 28.07 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | |||
| Top score | 68 | |||
| Balls bowled | – | |||
| Wickets | – | |||
| Bowling average | – | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | – | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/– | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2008 | ||||
Wyndham Hill-Smith OBE (born 16 February 1909, Angaston, South Australia, died 25 October 1990, Angaston) was a cricketer.[1]
The nephew of Australia captain Clem Hill, Hill-Smith was a left-handed batsman. He played eight first-class matches for Western Australia and one for a representative Australian XI.[2]
He made his first-class debut against the touring South Africans at the WACA Ground in 1932. Opening the batting, he made 56 runs before being dismissed by Xen Balaskas.[3]
Following the death of his brother Sidney in the Kyeema aircraft crash in 1938, Hill-Smith returned to South Australia to take on the management of the family winery, Yalumba at Angaston.[4]
A grandstand at Cheltenham Park Racecourse is known as the Wyndham Hill Smith Grandstand.[5]
His Wisden obituary concluded with the comment, "In later life he became famous for the liberal hospitality which he extended to touring teams at his Yalumba vineyard in South Australia."[6]
In 1980, Hill-Smith was made an Officer in the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the wine industry and horse racing.[7]