Eustace Hill

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Eustace Hill

| country = England

| fullname = Eustace Tickell Hill

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|04|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|01|11|1869|04|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Batsman

| family = VT Hill (brother)

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1890–1901

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 26 May

| debutyear1 = 1898

| debutfor1 = Somerset

| debutagainst1 = Oxford University

| lastdate1 = 6 June

| lastyear1 = 1901

| lastfor1 = Somerset

| lastagainst1 = Oxford University

| hidedeliveries = true

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 70

| bat avg1 = 17.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 31

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 29 December

| year = 2009

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3619/3619.html CricketArchive

}}

Eustace Tickell Hill (1869–1933) was a cricketer who made two first-class appearances for Somerset. The older brother of Vernon Hill, he first appeared for Somerset during their successful 1890 season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=3619&testing=0&opponentmatch=exact&playername=Eustace%20Hill&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=MatchList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= |title=Player Oracle Reveals Results: ET Hill |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2009-12-29}} In a season in which Somerset remained undefeated against other county sides, Hill scored 20 and 0 batting at number five in a two-run victory over Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/128/128435.html |title=Hampshire v Somerset |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1890-06-26 |accessdate=2009-12-29}} In 1892, he made two appearances against Lord Hawke's XI, playing one match for Madras Presidency and one for Bangalore and District. He made a further appearance for Madras Presidency the following December, playing against Parsees. He was back in England in July 1894, when he played for Somerset Club and Ground against Weston-super-Mare at the County Ground, Taunton, making a duck.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/258/258696.html |title=Somerset Club and Ground v Weston-super-Mare |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1894-07-07 |accessdate=2009-12-29}} His first-class debut came four years later, appearing alongside his brother for Somerset in the University Match against Oxford University., making 31 and 17 batting from number eight.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4974.html |title=Oxford University v Somerset |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1898-05-26 |accessdate=2009-12-29}} His second, and final, first-class match was a repeat of his debut, playing Oxford University at the University Parks, Oxford in 1901. Coming in at number nine, after his brother had fallen for a duck, Hill also failed to score in the first-innings, but added 22 in the second.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5673.html |title=Oxford University v Somerset |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1901-06-06 |accessdate=2009-12-29}}