Francis Hill (1 October 1862 — c. 1935) was an English

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

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. He was born in Timsbury and died in

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

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

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Francis Hill
at Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Francis 1862 births 1935 deaths English cricketers Somerset cricketers People from Timsbury, Somerset