| Richard Hill | |
| Fullname: | Richard Ernest Hill |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1861 |
| Birth Place: | Timsbury, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Death Place: | Westminster, Middlesex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Year1: | 1882 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 7 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 7* |
| Deliveries1: | 32 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/21 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/ - |
| Date: | 22 December 2015 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3624/3624.html CricketArchive |
Richard Hill (12 August 1861 - 25 December 1924) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm fast bowler who played for Somerset. He was born in Timsbury and died in Westminster.
Hill made a single first-class appearance for the team during the 1882 season, against Gloucestershire. From the lower order, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted and 7 not out in the second, his first-innings wicket falling courtesy of W. G. Grace.
Hill bowled eight overs during the match, capturing one wicket, that of onetime Test player James Cranston.
Hill's brother, Francis, made a single first-class appearance for Somerset during the 1882 season.