Jesse Bollard Hide (13 March 1857 — 19 March 1924) was an English

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er who played for

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between 1876 and 1893 and for South Australia from 1880 to 1883. Hide was born in Eastbourne,

. A right-handed batsman, accurate fast-medium bowler and good fieldsman, he made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1876 against Gloucestershire. In 1878, on the recommendation of

James Lillywhite James Lillywhite (23 February 1842 – 25 October 1929) was an English Test cricketer and an umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining two Tests against Australia in 1876–77, losing the fir ...

,''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 241. who had captained England on their tour of Australia in 1876-77, Hide was appointed coach of the

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, and spent five seasons in Adelaide, playing in all of South Australia's important matches. In his history of Australian cricket

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credits Hide with a leading part in the early development of South Australian cricket: "He arrived in 1878, stayed for three 'sic''years at a salary of £200 a year, and laid the foundation on which the future glories of the State's cricket were built." Hide also laid the pitch at the Adelaide Oval, discovering and bringing in the soil that made the pitch "equal to the best provided in any part of the world". Hide returned to England in 1883 and carried on playing for Sussex until 1893. He made over 4,400 runs and took over 400 wickets for Sussex. He played for a number of other teams including England XI, England, The Rest, the South,

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, Players of the South, Lord Sheffield's XI and Lord March's XI. Playing for Sussex against MCC at

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in May 1890 he took four wickets in four deliveries. He was for some time employed by

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. Hide died in Edinburgh at the age of 67.

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