Basil Hill-Wood

Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1900 – 3 July 1954) was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925.

Basil Hill-Wood

Personal information
Full name	Sir Basil Samuel Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet
Born	5 February 1900 Chelsea, London, England
Died	3 July 1954 (aged 54) Farley Hill, Berkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm fast medium bowler
Relations	Samuel Hill-Wood, Wilfred Hill-Wood, Denis Hill-Wood, Charles Hill-Wood
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1919-1925	Derbyshire
First-class debut	8 August 1919 Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
Last First-class	22 July 1925 Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 22 Runs scored 505 Batting average 16.29 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 61 Balls bowled 2565 Wickets 45 Bowling average 31.24 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match Best bowling 6-74 Catches/stumpings 7/-
Source: , December 2011

Hill-Wood was born at Chelsea, London, the eldest 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 and became a solicitor.

Hill-Wood made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919 season when he took 4 wickets and scored 24 in a single innings against Northamptonshire. He played two more games in 1919 and next played two games for Derbyshire in the 1921 season. He took part in a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of New Zealand in 1922/23 and was a regular in the Derbyshire side in the 1923 season. He played again for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in which year he also played club and old school games. Hill-Wood was a right hand batsman and played 35 innings for Derbyshire in 22 matches. His top score was 61 and his average 16.29. He was a right arm fast medium bowler and took 45 wickets at an average 31.24. His best match count was 6 for 74.[1]

Hill-Wood inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1949. He died at Farley Hill, Berkshire at the age of 54.

Hill-Wood married Joan Louisa Brand, daughter of Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden and Lady Katharine Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, on 18 February 1925. They had a daughter and a son David who inherited the baronetcy.[2] As well as his father, Hill Wood's brothers Wilfred Hill-Wood, Denis Hill-Wood and Charles Hill-Wood played cricket for Derbyshire.

References

1. Basil Hill-Wood at Cricket Archive
2. The Peerage.com