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Clement "Clem" Hill (18 March 1877 – 5 September 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five.
Clem Hill, the Australian left-handed batsman, ranked among the finest cricketers in the world during a long period, died on September 5, aged 68.
Mar 17, 2016 · Clem Hill, probably the first great left-handed batsman in Test history, was one of the greatest batsmen produced by Australia and one of the game’s most memorable characters. He also...
Clem Hill, one of the finest batsman produced by Australia, unfortunately had to play alongside another great, Victor Trumper. The left-handed batsman, known for his ability to come good und...
Clem Hill, who shared a famous name but was not related to the great batsman, was a schoolteacher from Gulgong who enjoyed a brief but very successful first-class career as an orthodox slow...
CLEMENT, the Australian left-handed batsman, ranked among the finest cricketers in the world during a long period, died on September 5, aged 68.
Left handed batsman Clem Hill was ranked among the finest cricketers in the world. The son of H. J. Hill, who scored the first century on Adelaide Oval, put together the remarkable score of 360 in 1893 at an Inter-College match at Adelaide at just 16 years of age.
MELBOURNE.—Mr. Clement Hill, former international cricketer and Australia's most famous left-hand batsman, died last night in Royal Melbourne Hospital after a long illness following an injury. He was 68.
Clem Hill was widely regarded as Australia’s greatest left-handed batsman until the emergence of Neil Harvey. With 41 Ashes caps under his belt, Hill was one of the most experienced players in the pre-war era. His 3,412 runs (helped by an impressive record against South Africa) saw him leave the game as the highest run scorer at the time.
Clem Hill (1877–1945), one of sixteen children, was born into a notable Adelaide sporting family. His father, HJ Hill, was the first to make a century at the Adelaide Oval; six of his brothers played for South Australia; and one of his sisters played for a local ladies’ cricket side.
