Wyndham Hill-Smith

Wyndham Hill-Smith
Personal information
Full name Wyndham Hill-Smith
Born 16 February 1909
Angaston, South Australia, Australia
Died 25 October 1990 (aged 81)
Angaston, Australia
Batting style left-hand batsman
Role Batsman
Relations C Hill, LR Hill, A Hill, H Hill, P Hill (uncles)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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]

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