{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Graham John Dill | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Luton, Bedfordshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | club1 = Cambridge UCCE | year1 = 2001 | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 2001 | club3 = Hertfordshire | year3 = 2002 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 27 | bat avg1 = 5.40 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 8 | deliveries1 = 486 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 60.20 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/54 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | date = 13 August | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12324.html Cricinfo }}
'''Graham John Dill''' (born 14 September 1970) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Dill was born at Luton in September 1970. He was educated at St Albans School, before going up to University College, Swansea.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35203/35203.html |title=Player profile: Graham Dill |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> At the age of thirty he attended a postgraduate teacher training course at Homerton College, Cambridge.<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/sport/15915.feature-old-albanians-skipper-happy-to-be-double-blue/ |title=Feature: Old Albanians skipper happy to be Double Blue |date=2001-07-12 |work=St Albans & Harpenden Review |accessdate=2020-08-13}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, Dill played first-class cricket in 2001, making three appearances for Cambridge UCCE and one appearance for Cambridge University against Oxford University in The University Match.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35203/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Graham Dill |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His four matches yielded him 27 runs and 5 wickets.<ref name="PRO"/> Dill gained a blue in both cricket and golf and was the first person to gain a double-blue in both cricket and golf since Ted Dexter forty years previously.<ref name="NEWS"/> In 2002, he played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35203/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Graham Dill |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-08-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=12324}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dill, Graham}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge Category:Alumni of Swansea University Category:Cambridge MCCU cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:English cricketers Category:Hertfordshire cricketers Category:People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire Category:Cricketers from Luton