Glen Gordon Hall (24 May 1938 – 26 June 1987) was a South African cricketer who represented his country in one Test match in 1965.
Career A "tall leg-spinner, quickish with both googly and top-spinner in his repertoire",Wisden 1988, p. 1204. Hall had a remarkable start to his first-class career. Playing for South African Universities against Western Province in 1960–61, he took 4 for 24 and 9 for 122. His form in subsequent seasons was less productive, but against the touring MCC in 1964–65 in consecutive matches he took 4 for 113 for South African Universities and 6 for 145 for North Eastern Transvaal, each time for a team that lost by an innings. He was selected for the Third Test shortly afterwards, but took only 1 for 94.Wisden 1966, pp. 805–9.
Playing for North Eastern Transvaal in the B Section of the Currie Cup in 1965–66 he took 27 wickets at 26.11, including 7 for 137 and 4 for 95 against Orange Free State at Pretoria. His form fell away in following seasons, and he played no first-class cricket after 1967–68.
As a batsman Hall passed 20 only twice in his career, but each time he made a fifty. His highest score was for Eastern Province against Transvaal in 1961–62, when he hit 63, his side's top score in a match it lost by an innings.
Personal life
Hall graduated in pharmacy from Rhodes University. He married a former Miss South Africa, and they had two sons. After their divorce in the 1980s he became a recluse, and committed suicide in 1987, aged 49.David Frith, Silence of the Heart, Mainstream, London, 2001, pp. 105–6.
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