lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor debutagainst country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate role source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
northamptonshire balls 54 26 july 2010 10 august 1947 1 30 / -- 1947 & ndash ; 51 2010 9 july 1923 0 middlesex england williton , somerset , england somerset 0 right-handed batsman eric hill eric hill somerset taunton , somerset , england first-class 10 may opening batsman http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/3/3618/3618.html cricketarchive first-class 1951 2118 1923 7 9 yes 1 somerset 0/6 72 eric hill -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

eric hill -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

eric hill dfc dfm -lrb- 9 july 1923 -- 26 july 2010 -rrb- played first-class cricket for somerset county cricket club as an opening batsman between 1947 and 1951 , later serving as captain of the second team , a long-serving committeeman for the county , and as a journalist covering cricket for the local newspaper , the `` somerset county gazette '' , and correspondent for `` the daily telegraph '' .
in the second world war , he was a navigator on daring and important reconnaissance missions for the royal air force , and was decorated for his courage .
