Robert Gribben Hill (15 July 1938 — 19 November 2017) was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

first-class

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er and administrator. Hill was born in at

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in July 1938 and was educated there at

Kilmarnock Academy Kilmarnock Academy (Scottish Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Chille Mheàrnaig''), formerly Kilmarnock Burgh School, is a state-funded secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, currently located on Sutherland Drive in the New Farm Loch area of the town. The ...

. A club cricketer for Kilmarnock Cricket Club, 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

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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

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at The Oval on Scotland's 1969 tour of England. Playing as a batsman in the Scottish side, Hill scored 105 runs in his six first-class matches at an average of 11.66; he made one half century, a score of 50 against Warwickshire in 1964. After finishing his playing career, Hill served as the manager of the Scottish cricket team in the late 1990s, managing the team at the

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and the

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. 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. Outside of cricket, he was a research chemist. Hill died at Kilmarnock in November 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Bobby 1938 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Kilmarnock People educated at Kilmarnock Academy Scottish chemists Scottish cricketers Scottish cricket administrators Scotland national cricket team selectors