Francis Hill was an English cricket

Cricket

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er. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. He was born in Timsbury

Timsbury, Somerset

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 and died in Saskatoon

Saskatoon

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Hill made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1882 season, against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

. From the upper-middle order, he scored 29 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 2 runs in the second.

External links

• Francis Hill at Cricket Archive