# Anthony Hillary

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{{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](/source/Shenfield), [Essex](/source/Essex), England
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1991|6|20|1926|8|28|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Truro](/source/Truro), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [off break](/source/off_break)
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1954–1962
|         clubnumber1 = 
|               club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 1951
|         clubnumber2 =  
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Hillary was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batting_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [off break](/source/off_break).

Born at [Shenfield](/source/Shenfield), [Essex](/source/Essex), Hillary studied at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), while there he played a single [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) match for the [university cricket club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) at [Fenner's](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club), debuting in the 1954 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall_County_Cricket_Club). 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](/source/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](/source/Truro), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) on 20 June 1991.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14821.html Anthony Hillary] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30246/30246.html Anthony Hillary] at CricketArchive

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Category:1926 births
Category:1991 deaths
Category:People from Shenfield
Category:Sportspeople from Brentwood, Essex
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Berkshire cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Essex
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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