Full Name

Jim Hilton

Born

December 29, 1930, Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire

Died

November 26, 2008, Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, Lancashire, (aged 77y 333d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

RELATIONS

(brother)

Jim Hilton, whose older brother Malcolm played for England, began his career at Old Trafford where he made eight appearances as a lower-middle order batsman even though he had been used as an allrounder in his many 2nd XI outings. Unable to break into the first team, he moved to Taunton in 1954 where he immediately secured a regular place, but the return of Brain Langford from National Service once again meant he was relegated to the sidelines. Although he played regularly in 1957, he quit at the end of the summer. Over four seasons he took 133 wickets at 26.48 for Somerset, with a best of 7 for 98 against Warwickshire.

He then had spells as a professional at Scottish club Kelburne, Fleetwood in the Northern League before finishing at Werneth. He subsequently coached and held an MCC advanced coaching qualification, and for three years was president of the Lancashire ex-players' association. In his retirement he ran a pub. He was also a good footballer and had trials for Torquay United and Accrington Stanley.
Martin Williamson

Jim Hilton Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC7912929109361*10.9302530

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC79852936751357/9827.222.5863.170

Debut/Last Matches of Jim Hilton

FC Matches

Span
1952 - 1957

Recent Matches of Jim Hilton

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Somerset vs Sth Africans0 & 2--15-Jun-1955TauntonFC
Somerset vs Surrey3 & 290/6114-May-1955The OvalFC
Lancashire vs Australians220/1927-May-1953ManchesterFC