Hubert Greenhill
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Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Near Bockhampton, Dorset, England
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| Full name | Hubert Maclean Greenhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1881 Christchurch, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 January 1926 (aged 44) Near Bockhampton, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1906–1925 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hubert Maclean Greenhill (19 September 1881 — 22 January 1926) was an English amateur first-class cricketer and British Army officer. As a cricketer, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club. In the army, he served mostly in the Dorset Regiment, seeing action with the regiment in the Second Boer War and First World War.
The son of F. M. Greenhill, he was born at Christchurch in September 1881. He was educated at both Wimborne Grammar School and Sherborne School,[1] playing cricket for the latter.[2] In December 1900, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.[3] Greenhill made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901, against the touring South Africans and Derbyshire, with both matches played at Southampton.[4] In 1903, he began his association with Dorset in minor counties cricket, making 55 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship to 1925.[5] He was described by Wisden as a "hard-hitting batsman with a long reach and a good style, and a useful left-handed medium paced bowler"[2] Greenhill was also active in regimental cricket.[2]