Thomas Hills (17 November 1796 – 19 April 1866) was an English

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er who played for

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. Hills was born in Stansted and died in

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.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 249–250.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Hills made one first-class appearance for Kent, against

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in 1840. Hills was bowled out in the first innings by William Clarke and suffered the same fate in the second innings at the hands of Samuel Redgate, having scored just six runs in the second innings.Thomas Hills
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-08-16. Hills died at the age of 69.

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