{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = | fullname = Anthony Aylmer Hillary | birth_date = 28 August 1926 | birth_place = Shenfield, Essex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|6|20|1926|8|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Truro, Cornwall, England | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | club1 = Berkshire | year1 = 1954–1962 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1951 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 49 | bat avg1 = 49.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 49 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 8 November | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14821.html Cricinfo }}
'''Anthony Aylmer Hillary''' (28 August 1926 – 20 June 1991), known as '''Tony Hillary''', was an English cricketer. Hillary was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.
Born at Shenfield, Essex, Hillary studied at the University of Cambridge, while there he played a single first-class cricket match for the university cricket club against Sussex at Fenner's in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30246/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Anthony Hillary|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2013}}</ref> In a match which ended as a draw, Hillary batted once, scoring 49 runs in Cambridge University's first-innings before being dismissed by James Langridge.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19698.html|title=Cambridge University v Sussex, 1951|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2013}}</ref> He later played minor counties cricket for Berkshire, debuting in the 1954 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire until 1962, making 67 appearances.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30246/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Anthony Hillary|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2013}}</ref>
Outside of cricket, Hillary was a history teacher at Abingdon School from 1952 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Hillary |url=https://archives.abingdon.org.uk/content/uncategorized/tony-hillary |website=Abingdon School Archives |access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> He died at Truro, Cornwall on 20 June 1991.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14821.html Anthony Hillary] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30246/30246.html Anthony Hillary] at CricketArchive
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