Frank Hill (rugby player)
| Full name | Algernon Frank Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 January 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 April 1927 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Clifton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1885-1894 |
 Wales
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15 | ((0)) |
Frank Hill (13 January 1866-20 April 1927) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Hill won 15 caps for Wales over a period of ten years and was given the team captaincy on four occasions.
Hill was baptised as Alperus Frank Hill according to parish records in Llandaff, and was later educated at Clifton College. He was a solicitor by trade, and had a practice on Cardiff High Street.
Hill was first selected for Wales in a match against Scotland as part of the 1885 Home Nations Championship. Under the captaincy of Newport's Charlie Newman, the game was a dull scorless draw caused by Welsh attempts to kill the game at any opportunity. Hill played in both Welsh matches of the 1886 Championship, but was not chosen during the next year's tournament. In 1888 Hill experienced his first international win, when he was part of the Wales team that beat Scotland at Rodney Parade. Wales won by a single try, scored by Thomas Pryce-Jenkins in the first half before using the same spoiling tactics they employed in 1885 to prevent Scotland from scoring.
In December 1888, Hill was selected to captain Wales against the first Southern Hemisphere touring team to Britain when he faced the New Zealand Māoris. Wales employed the four threequarters system during the game, the first time since it was abandoned after the failure of the tactic against Scotland in 1886. The Welsh were victorious and Hill was given the captaincy for the opening game of the 1889 Home Nations Championship to Scotland. Wales lost the game and Hill was replaced for the final game of the season to Ireland by Daniel Griffiths. Hill regained his position and his captaincy in the first match of the 1890 tournament, though missed the away match to England. When he was reselected for the final game of the championship the captaincy was passed to Arthur Gould.
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