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Born | Buxworth, Derbyshire, England | 29 June 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972–1986 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976/77 | Orange Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 30 August 1972 Derbyshire v Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 16 September 1986 Derbyshire v Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 10 September 1972 Derbyshire v Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 14 September 1986 Derbyshire v Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,30 September 2008 |
Alan Hill (born 29 June 1950) is a former English cricketer and umpire who played for Derbyshire from 1972 to 1986 and for Orange Free State in South Africa in 1976/77.
Hill was born in Buxworth,Derbyshire and began playing for Derbyshire Juniors in 1965. He progressed to the Second XI by 1970 and in 1972 made his first-class debut against Somerset. He was a right-handed batsman,who usually opened for Derbyshire,and an occasional off-break bowler. In first-class cricket,he hit 65 fifties and 18 hundreds,giving him a career average of 30.89. His occasional off-break bowling took only a modest 9 wickets.
Hill is one of only two cricketers to make a century without hitting a boundary,a record that he shares with Paul Hibbert,making 103 in the match for Orange Free State v Griqualand West in 1976-77. [1]
After he retired Hill became an umpire at first-class and List A level,but stopped after only two seasons. He began coaching cricket,working in many schools,and until the end of the 2009 season,was head coach for Newcastle-under-Lyme School. [2]
His brother,Bernard Hill,made several appearances for the Derbyshire Second XI,but never made it to first-class level.
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