Allen Hill (cricketer)

Allen Hill

Hill in 1876
Personal information
Born	(1845-11-14)14 November 1845 Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
Died	28 August 1910(1910-08-28) (aged 64) Leyland, Lancashire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast (roundarm)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 5)	15 March 1877 v Australia
Last Test	4 April 1877 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1871–1882	Yorkshire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1890)
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 2 193 Runs scored 101 2,478 Batting average 50.50 8.94 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 49 49 Balls bowled 340 30,032 Wickets 7 749 Bowling average 18.57 14.26 5 wickets in innings 0 57 10 wickets in match 0 10 Best bowling 4/27 8/48 Catches/stumpings 1/– 142/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 December 2009

Allen Hill (14 November 1845, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire – 28 August 1910, Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket.^[1] Hill also went on to umpire in the Test match played at Lord's in 1890.