Les Hill (cricketer)

Les Hill

Personal information
Full name	Leslie Roy Hill
Born	27 April 1884 Adelaide, Australia
Died	15 December 1952 (aged 68) Adelaide, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Relations	C Hill, S Hill, P Hill, A Hill, H Hill (brothers), W Hill-Smith (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905–1911	South Australia
First-class debut	11 November 1905 South Australia v Victoria
Last First-class	10 March 1911 South Australia v South Africans
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 18 Runs scored 583 Batting average 18.21 100s/50s 1/3 Top score 123 Balls bowled 2562 Wickets 28 Bowling average 47.14 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/82 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 December 2009

Leslie Roy Hill (born 27 April 1884, Adelaide, South Australia, died 15 December 1952, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made eighteen appearances for South Australia. He made his top-score of 123 against New South Wales in his penultimate first-class match.^[1]

Hill also played Australian rules football for Norwood in the South Australian Football League and was a member of their 1904 and 1907 premiership teams.^[2]

References

1. "New South Wales v South Australia". CricketArchive. 1910-12-02. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
2. The Advertiser, "Death of Norwood Stalwart", 16 December 1952. p. 13

External links

• Player profile: Les Hill from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Les Hill from CricketArchive