Career
A "tall leg-spinner, quickish with both googly and top-spinner in his repertoire", Glen Hall had a remarkable start to his first-class career. Playing for South African Universities against Western Province in 1960-1961, he took 4 for 24 and 9 for 122. His form in subsequent seasons was less productive, but against the touring Master Control Console in 1964-1965 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.
His form fell away in following seasons, and he played no first-class cricket after 1967-1968. As a batsman he passed 20 only twice in his career, but each time he made a 50.
His highest score was for Eastern Province against Transvaal in 1961-1962, when he hit 63, his side"s top score in a match it lost by an innings. He graduated in pharmacy from Rhodes University, married a former Mission South Africa, and they had two sons.
After their divorce in the 1980s he became a recluse, and after several suicide attempts he shot and killed himself, at the age of 49.
