Andrew Hilditch

Andrew Hilditch

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch
Born	20 May 1956 (1956-05-20) (age 60) North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1977–1981	New South Wales
1982–1992	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 18 8 Runs scored 1073 226 Batting average 31.55 28.25 100s/50s 2/6 -/1 Top score 119 72 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - n/a Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 13/- 1/-
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2005

Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch (born 20 May 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 8 ODIs from 1979 to 1985. He played for New South Wales from 1977 to 1981 and for South Australia from 1982 to 1992. He was an Australian cricket selector from 1996 until 2011.

Hilditch was born in North Adelaide, South Australia, but made his First-class debut for New South Wales against Tasmania in Hobart in February 1977, scoring 5 and 42. Tasmania was not yet in the Sheffield Shield and the NSW side was mostly full of younger players. Hilditch played a further four matches for NSW in 1977/78 when the NSW side was weakened through the loss of players to World Series Cricket. He filled in as NSW captain in only his third match for them.

The 1978/79 season was the breakthrough for Hilditch, establishing himself as a regular opener in the NSW side, scoring 778 runs at 45.76. His maiden first-class century came in his birth city of Adelaide, scoring 124 against South Australia. He also scored 93 against the touring England team.

With England leading the six-Test series 4-1, Hilditch was selected to make his Test debut in the final Test in Sydney. He scored just 3 and 1 but was retained for the following two-Test series against Pakistan.