Denis Hill-Wood

Cricket Player

1906 – 1982

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Who was Denis Hill-Wood?

Denis John Charles Hill Hill-Wood was the chairman of Arsenal Football Club from 1962 until 1982. He was also an English cricketer who played First Class cricket for Oxford University and MCC in 1928 and Derbyshire in 1928 and 1929.

Hill-Wood was the third son of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet who was chairman of Arsenal for twenty years, as well as a first-class cricketer for Derbyshire. Hill-Wood went to Oxford University and played seven matches for the university in the 1928 season. He then played for MCC in Ireland and made his first class debut for Derbyshire at the end of the 1928 season when he played three matches. He played one match in the 1929 season.

Similarly to his father, Denis became chairman of Arsenal football club in 1962, a job which he held until his death in 1982. A bust of Hill-Wood was commissioned and used to stand inside the Directors' Landing of the East Stand of Arsenal's Highbury stadium, and now stands in the Directors' Entrance of Emirates Stadium after Arsenal's move there.

Denis had three brothers who also took part in first-class cricket for Derbyshire, the others being Basil Hill-Wood, Wilfred and Charles.

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Born
Jun 25, 1906
Hoxne
Nationality
  • England
Education
  • University of Oxford
Lived in
  • Suffolk
Died
May 4, 1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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