Clem Hill
Clem Hill
Personal information
Full name
Clement Hill
Born
18 March 1877(1877-03-18)
Hindmarsh, South Australia,
Australia
Died
5 September 1945 (aged 68)
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Nickname
Kruger
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style
Left-hand batsman
Bowling style
Right-arm leg spin
Role
Batsman
Relations
S Hill, LR Hill, A Hill, H Hill,
P Hill (brothers), W Hill-
Smith (nephew)
International information
National side
Australia
Test debut
(cap 74)
22 June 1896 v England
Last Test
23 February
1912 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1892/93–1922/23 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition
Tests
First-class
Matches
49
252
Runs scored
3412
17213
Batting average
39.21
43.57
100s/50s
7/19
45/83
Top score
191
365*
Balls bowled
–
510
Wickets
–
10
Bowling average
–
32.20
5 wickets in
innings
–
–
10 wickets in
match
–
–
Best bowling
–
2-10
Catches/stumpings 33/–
168/1
Source: CricketArchive, 26 January 2008
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 cap-
tained the Australian team in ten Tests, win-
ning five and losing five. A prolific run
scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test crick-
et—a world record at the time of his retire-
ment—at an average of 39.21 per innings, in-
cluding seven centuries. In 1902, Hill was the
first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a
calendar year, a feat that would not be re-
peated for 45 years. His innings of 365
scored against New South Wales for South
Australia in 1900–01 was a Sheffield Shield
record for 27 years. The South Australian
Cricket Association named a grandstand at
the Adelaide Oval in his honour in 2003 and
he was inducted into the Australian Cricket
Hall of Fame in 2005.
A short and stocky left-handed batsman,
Hill had a crouched, somewhat awkward
stance. He gripped the bat low on the handle,
playing with a strong bottom hand. His bat-
ting style was nonetheless attractive and ef-
fective and he was especially strong on the
l