Bobby Hill (cricketer)

Robert Gribben Hill (15 July 1938 — 19 November 2017) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and administrator.

Bobby Hill

Personal information
Full name	Robert Gribben Hill
Born	15 July 1938 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died	19 November 2017(2017-11-19) (aged 79) Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963–1969	Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 105 Batting average 11.66 100s/50s –/1 Top score 50 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 June 2023

Hill was born in at Kilmarnock in July 1938 and was educated there at Kilmarnock Academy. A club cricketer for Kilmarnock Cricket Club,^[1] he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Warwickshire at Edinburgh in 1963, with Hill making two further appearances in that year against the touring Pakistan Eaglets and Ireland. He made three further appearances in first-class cricket for Scotland, against Warwickshire on Scotland's 1964 and 1965 tours of England, and finally against Surrey at The Oval on Scotland's 1969 tour of England.^[2] Playing as a batsman in the Scottish side, Hill scored 105 runs in his six first-class matches at an average of 11.66;^[3] he made one half century, a score of 50 against Warwickshire in 1964.^[4]

After finishing his playing career, Hill served as the manager of the Scottish cricket team in the late 1990s, managing the team at the 1997 ICC Trophy and the 1999 Cricket World Cup.^[5] Hill was also Chairman of Selectors for the Scottish national team, and served on the first board of Cricket Scotland, which had replaced the Scottish Cricket Union in April 2001.^[6] Outside of cricket, he was a research chemist. Hill died at Kilmarnock in November 2017.^[7]

References

1. "Bobby Hill (Kilmarnock CC)". www.wdcu.co.uk. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Bobby Hill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bobby Hill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
4. "Warwickshire v Scotland, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
5. Sleet, Lizzie. "Former Scotland Player Bobby Hill Dies". www.cricketscotland.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
6. "Limited company signals brave new world for Scottish cricket". The Herald. 28 April 2001. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
7. Booth, Lawrence (2018). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 9781472953544.

External links

• Robert Hill at ESPNcricinfo