run. In the 4th over he bowled Australia No: 2 Batsman, Nat Thomson to take the honour of being the 1st Test Bowler to take a wicket and the 1st Test Bowler to bowl a Batsman. Hill and Nat Thomson became the 1st Bowler/Batsman Partnership in Test Cricket. When Australia were 40 for 1 Australia No: 3, Tom Horan hit (or mis-hit) a delivery from Alfred Shaw and Allen Hill became the 1st international fielder to take a catch. He was also the first player to open the batting and the bowling in a same Test. Hill played in the 2nd Test of the 1876–77 Series. On the 2nd day Allen joined Tom Emmett when England 162 for 6. He partnered Tom Emmett, Tom Armitage and England Captain, James Lillywhite, junior. At 259 for 8 Allen Hill was run out for 49. Hill was a bowler with an approximate roundarm action, which said was "one of the best of its kind that can be recalled". Hill, who described his profession as being that of a woollen weaver in 1881, had a wife, Ellen, who was three years his junior, and at least three daughters Alice, Kathleen and Gertrude. His playing career ended in 1883, when he broke his collar-bone, but he went on to become an umpire. References External links 1845 births 1910 deaths English Test cricket umpires England Test cricketers English cricketers People from Leyland, Lancashire Players cricketers Cricketers from Huddersfield United North of England Eleven cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Players of the North cricketers North v South cricketers English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 English cricketers of 1890 to 1918 All-England Eleven cricketers