Maurice Hill (cricketer)

Maurice Hill (born 14 September 1935 in Scunthorpe) is a former English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire from 1953 to 1965, for MCC in 1964, for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1967 and for Somerset from 1970 to 1971.

For the first twelve years of Hill's career, he played for Nottinghamshire. His debut in the County Championship came against Hampshire in July 1953, though he did not play another first-class match until 1956. Hill's return to the game was highly successful, as he finished just short of a half century on his comeback, and helped Nottinghamshire to an eighth place in the County Championship.

In the following season he became a fixture in the first-team, though Nottinghamshire's form faltered, and they finished third-bottom. Worse things were to come, as they stayed at the bottom of the table in the two seasons immediately afterward, despite Hill maintaining a quality average throughout these years.

Hill continued to play from 1963 to 1965 for Nottinghamshire and, having performed well in the season leading to Nottinghamshire's bottom-placed 1965 finish, Hill found himself on the move to an in-form Derbyshire side. In the 1966 season, Hill performed well in the middle order in a low-scoring victory against Surrey. Hill was a first-choice team-member throughout the season.

1967 brought problems, however, as a lack of form brought only seven first-class appearances, and an average of just 11, despite maintaining his position in the middle-order. Following this, Hill took a three-year hiatus from first-team cricket and did not appear again until given a contract by Somerset in 1970, for whom he appeared for a single season, before leaving the game.

Throughout his career, Hill was an upper-middle-order batsman. He was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler.

Hill's son, Greg, played List A cricket for Devon and Second XI cricket for, amongst other teams, Derbyshire, in the early 1990s.

External links

• Maurice Hill at Cricket Archive

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