[3][4] He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in June 1924 against Essex at Gravesend.
He scored a century in Kent's second innings of the match and set a Kent record for the 8th wicket in first-class cricket which stood until 2007, scoring 157 runs in partnership with Charlie Wright.
[4] Hilder toured Jamaica in 1926/27 and 1927/28 with teams led by Lionel Tennyson, playing eight first-class matches, and in 1928/29 in a non-first-class team led by Julien Cahn.
He played his final first-class match in 1930, his only one for MCC, but continued to play cricket for various amateur teams until after World War II, including touring Egypt in 1932 in a team led by Hubert Martineau.
[4] He died at St Leonards-on-Sea in Hastings, East Sussex in 1970 aged 68.