Gerry Hill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1913
Place of Birth: Totton and Eling, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 31-Jan-2006
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Gerry Hill
- Gerald Hill (15 April 1913 – 31 January 2006) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1932 to 1954.
- A right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler, Hill played 371 first-class games for Hampshire.
- Hill was spotted by the cricketer and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Doyle was playing golf with Hill's father when he spotted the young Hill playing on an adjoining pitch.
- Doyle then wrote to Colonel J.
- G.
- Greig, Hampshire's secretary, to arrange a trial. In 1935, Hill was hit for 32 in an over by Glamorgan's Cyril Smart (6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4), then the most expensive six-ball over in first-class history.
- In 1937, during a County Championship match played against Sussex at the United Services Recreation Ground, Hill and Donald Walker put on 235 for the 5th wicket, which remains to this day a Hampshire record. Kent captain Percy Chapman, a family friend of Hill's, presented him with his County Cap in 1935.
- Hill was accidentally shot in the leg by teammate Len Creese, while bowling in the nets.
- The bullet stayed in Hill's leg for the remainder of his life.
- Hill fought in the Second World War in Italy and resumed his first-class career with Hampshire after the resumption of the County Championship in 1946.
- Hill retired from first-class cricket in 1954.
- Hill batted in all 11 positions for Hampshire scoring four centuries, including a highest score of 161 against Sussex at Portsmouth. Hill died in his sleep at his home at Lyndhurst in the New Forest on 31 January 2006.
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