Dennis Lillie

Not to be confused with Dennis Lillee. For the British biologist, see Denis G. Lillie

Dennis John Lillie (born 28 October 1945) is a former Australian cricketer. A leg spin bowler he played in the Queensland state team 17 times between 1966 and 1981.^[1] He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane.^[2]

Dennis Lillie

Personal information
Full name	Dennis John Lillie
Born	(1945-10-28) 28 October 1945 (age 79) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	(2022-03-04)4 March 2022
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg-break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965/66–1981/82	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 17 Runs scored 135 Batting average 8.43 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 29 Balls bowled 2,674 Wickets 33 Bowling average 51.06 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/48 Catches/stumpings 6/-
Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2011

Lillie's career partly overlapped with that of Australian fast bowler and ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Lillee.^[3] The two similarly, but not exactly, named players never appeared together in the starting lineups of the same game, however Lillie was twelfth man in a Queensland v Western Australia Sheffield Shield game during the 1980–81 season, and in fact caught Lillee in the first innings of that game. The following line appears from that scorecard: DK Lillee c sub (DJ Lillie) b GS Chappell 11

In a South Australia v Queensland match in 1982, David Hookes hit four consecutive sixes, and 28 runs in an over, off Lillie’s bowling.^[4]