Player-turned-journalist Eric Hill dies aged 87

Eric Hill, the former Somerset batsman who became a well-known journalist, has died aged 87.

He played 72 matches for the county between 1947 and 1951 as an opening batsman and also captained the second XI. He scored 2118 first-class runs at 15.92 with a top score of 85.

After retiring from playing he moved into journalism and covered Somerset for almost 50 years for a variety of publications.