John Hill (New Zealand cricketer)

John Hill

Personal information
Born	(1930-09-22)22 September 1930 Gore, New Zealand
Died	26 August 2002(2002-08-26) (aged 71) Invercargill, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-pace
Relations	Robbie Hill (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1961–62 to 1962–63	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 31 Batting average 5.16 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Balls bowled 1266 Wickets 19 Bowling average 25.42 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/61 Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 April 2022

John Hill (22 September 1930 – 26 August 2002) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1961 and 1963.

Hill was a left-arm medium-pace bowler who played most of his senior cricket for Southland. In Southland's match against the touring West Indian team in 1955–56, he took 8 for 55 in the first innings. A year later, against the touring Australians, he took four of the six wickets that fell in the Australians' only innings. In his first-class career his best figures came in his last match, for an Otago Invitation XI against the touring MCC in March 1963, when he took figures of 25–8–61–4; nevertheless, the MCC team won by an innings.

Hill's son Robbie also played for Otago and Southland.

See also

• List of Otago representative cricketers

External links

• John Hill at ESPNcricinfo