Charles Kerrison Hill Hill-Wood (5 June 1907 - 21 September 1988) was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played first-class cricket for Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 and Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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.

Hill-Wood was born at Hoxne

Hoxne

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

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 the son of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet and his wife Hon Rachel Bateman-Hanbury. His father was Member of Parliament and had also played cricket for Derbyshire. He was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and played cricket for the Eton XI in 1925 and 1926. He then went to Oxford University.

Hill-Wood played for Oxford University in 1928 and made his debut for Derbyshire later that year against Kent, when he took five wickets and score of 18 not out in a drawn match. In 1929 and 1930 he played regularly for both Oxford University and Derbyshire as well as taking part in Hubert Martineau

Hubert Martineau

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's XI in Egypt. He was a left arm medium fast bowler and took 34 wickets for Derbyshire and 132 for Oxford University with averages respectively of 35.47 and 30.23 and a best overall bowling performance at Oxford of 7 for 68. He was a right hand batsman and played 22 innings in 18 matches for Derbyshire and 50 innings in 36 matches for Oxford University. His highest score was 72 and his averages for the two teams were 19.94 and 20.26.

Hill-Wood died at Barton-le-Clay

Barton-le-Clay

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, Bedfordshire

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 at the age of 81. As well as his father, Hill Wood's brothers Basil Hill-Wood

Sir Basil Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet

Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925....

, Wilfred Hill-Wood

Wilfred Hill-Wood

Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood was an English financier and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1936 as well as for Cambridge University and MCC....

, and Denis Hill-Wood

Denis Hill-Wood

Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford University and MCC in 1928 and for Derbyshire in 1928 and 1929...

played cricket for Derbyshire.