Peter Hills
Personal information
Full name
Peter William Hills
Born (1958-12-03) 3 December 1958
Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976/77–1989/81Southland
1978/79–1989/90Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 May 2016

Peter William Hills (born 3 December 1958) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 34 first-class and 28 List A matches between the 1978–79 and 1989–90 seasons, almost all for Otago.[1]

Hills was born at Ranfurly in Central Otago in 1958 and was educated at Aparima College in Riverton.[2] He played age-group cricket for Otago from the 1975–76 season, for Southland in the Hawke Cup between 1976–77 and 1979–80, and toured Australia with the New Zealand Universities side during 1977–78. He made his senior representative debut for Otago against Canterbury in December 1978, taking eight wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings of the match.[3]

Described variously as an "economical left-arm fast-medium bowler",[4] as a "lively" bowler[5] and as a bowler with "considerable pace",[6] Hills took a total of 58 first-class wickets, with the 5/57 he took on debut remaining his best bowling analysis. He scored 307 runs, with his highest score of 32 coming as part of a partnership of 69 runs made with Vaughn Johnson against Northern Districts, a tenth-wicket record against the side for Otago which stood until the 2014–15 season. In List A matches he took 35 wickets and scored 180 runs.[3][7]

Hills played club cricket for Green Island Cricket Club in Dunedin.[8] He worked as a company director.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Hills". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 68. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. 1 2 Peter Hills, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2023. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Latham sees fixture as cricket trial, The Press, 18 November 1989, p. 28. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 19 July 2023.)
  5. ↑ Sydenham out to restore its fortunes, The Press, 12 November 1980, p. 52. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 19 July 2023.)
  6. ↑ Brittenden RT (1978) Aggressive Otago batsmen picked to meet Canty, The Press, 23 December 1978, p. 36. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 19 July 2023.)
  7. ↑ Seconi A (2014) Cricket: Valiant chase for 502 in vain, Otago Daily Times, 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Cricket: Time for all cricket to be organised around clubs, Otago Daily Times, 30 September 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2023.


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