Hilda Hills , known as Hilda Spicer from 1939, (18 July 1913 – 23 March 2003) was an Australian

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er. She was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. She was born in Northcote, a northern suburb of

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. Hills began playing with the Preston Women's Cricket Club, taking up wicketkeeping as a teenager. She represented

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between 1932 and 1936. In 1935, she received a testimonial match, a first for a Victorian sportswoman. Hills made a single

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appearance for Australia, in the first Women's test match in 1934. Batting in the middle order, Hills retired hurt from the first innings of the game, having broken her nose, therefore not making an appearance in the second innings of the match. In 1983, she received the Medal of the

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(OAM) for services to "the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hills, Hilda 1913 births 2003 deaths Australia women Test cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state)