deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country club fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 75 1 55/0 1955-1966 1966 7 december 1933 0 right-arm medium australia south australia 0 right-handed batsman john lill john charles lill maylands , adelaide , australia first-class batsman http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/16/16342/16342.html cricketarchive 1933 12 7 yes 4109 1 8/20 64 john lill -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john lill -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

dr john charles lill -lrb- born 7 december 1933 in adelaide -rrb- is a former australian first-class cricketer who represented south australia .
he was a member of the south australian team which won the sheffield shield in 1963/64 .
a right-handed top order batsman , lill was good enough to tour new zealand in 1959/60 with the australian national cricket team .
he played two matches against new zealand but they were n't given test status .
this was because it was in effect a ` second xi ' , with the first choice players given a rest after back to back tours of india and pakistan .
lill fared poorly in his four innings , scoring 1 , 15 , 6 and 0 .
back home , lill had his most prolific season in 1960/61 when he amassed 809 runs in all first-class fixtures , at an average of 42.57 .
his only first-class wicket was victorian batsman jack potter , whom he dismissed for 156 , caught by barry jarman in 1962 .
lill was also a talented footballer and played in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- with norwood .
a centre half forward , lill was norwood 's top goal-kicker in 1961 and 1962 , with 40 and 52 goals respectively .
he participated in the famous 1961 ` bloodbath ' grand final against west adelaide .
his father alick lill won a magarey medal during his time at norwood .
in 1983 he was appointed as secretary of the melbourne cricket club and also served as ceo .
he remained in this role until 2000 .
lill holds a bachelor of chemical engineering from the university of adelaide .
