Clem Hill was another of Australia's best left-hand batsmen. He was a short well built man, and had an awkward stance, standing with his feet wide apart and hands on the bottom part of the handle. Another player who was good at pulling or hooking due to his speed and height, he preferred the leg side shot but because of excellent footwork, managed to position himself to play a number of strokes with authority.

When he was only 16 years old, he scored 360 during an inter-college match and it was the highest score to have been recorded in Australia in any form of cricket at the time. He toured England in 1896, 1899, 1902 and finally in 1905, heading the averages in his second tour with 60.20. In a tour that was ruined by rain, Australia won the only match of the tour at Lord's, Hill's knock of 135 a big factor in them doing so.

His highest Test score came against South Africa in 1910/11 in Sydney scoring 191. However to most people of that time, his 188 against England at Melbourne in 1897/8 was his most important and best innings. Coming out to bat, the home side were perilously placed at 6 for 58 as he joined Hugh Trumble. The pair put on 165 for the 7th wicket, and from a position of near defeat, they had turned the game on it's head, eventually doing enough to win the match.

He had another big partnership a few years later at Adelaide in 1907 when he and Roger Hartigan put on 243 runs for the eighth wicket. Australia retained the Ashes in 1901/2 thanks mainly to Hill's runs (521 runs at 52.10) including three successive innings that each fell short of a century; 99,98 and 97. He was out 5 times in the 90's against England.

Clem Hill had the honour of being Australian captain in 1910/11 and 1911/12 and it was during the 1911/12 series that he came to blows with Percy McAlister a Test Selector. Unsurprisingly Clem Hill never played another Test match again. His record of 6,274 runs in Sheffield Shield stood until Don Bradman came along and beat it. Hill's highest first class score beat his 360 at the age of 16 by 5 runs, scoring 365 against New South Wales in 1900/1.