Edwin Lloyd St Hill (9 March 1904 – 21 May 1957) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played two Test matches for the West Indies in 1930.

His increased success in 1929 attracted the attention of the West Indies selectors, and he played two Test matches against England in 1930.

He was fairly effective in first-class games but the form of the other fast bowlers in the team meant that he was not chosen for any of the Test matches.

During the Second World War, he joined the British Army and took part in the Dunkirk evacuation before returning to England; he resumed his league career and played many wartime charity games.

St Hill was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 1904,[1] and according to the writer C. L. R. James, his family were lower middle-class.

[7] St Hill's success with Shannon was noticed by the regional selectors, and in 1924 he progressed to the Trinidad and Tobago team;[5] he made his first-class debut against British Guiana in the Inter-Colonial Tournament on 14 February 1924.

[9] He was overlooked for the representative West Indies team to play the MCC in 1926, several bowlers being ahead of him in terms of selection.

[9] By the following month, the Trinidad Sporting Chronicle considered him among the "second string" of players who were on the borderline of selection for the West Indies team.

[notes 1][13] The first Test was played in Barbados and St Hill was selected, making his debut for the West Indies on 11 February 1930.

The newspaper questioned why he had then been left out of the team for the Test match, and reported speculation that his omission was for political reasons to discredit the leadership of George Dewhurst, the Trinidad and Tobago captain in the second game.

It suggested that, given his ability with bat and ball, St Hill was worth a net 100 runs to any team in which he played.

[17] The article stated that St Hill was more effective on matting pitches than on turf,[notes 2] but that he had many supporters in Trinidad and Tobago.

It believed he warranted a place on the forthcoming West Indian tour of Australia, but that he needed to work on his fielding, which was weak.

[25] A later article in the Daily Gleaner of Jamaica suggested that "sources" had told the newspaper "the reason for the infrequent playing of Edwin St Hill", but did not elaborate.

He was one of three West Indians playing professional league cricket in England, the others being Learie Constantine and George Francis.

[34] At this stage of his career, although his progress was still followed by the press in the West Indies, he was no longer a realistic Test match prospect.

[48] At the time, a critic in Barbados rated him "medium to fast", but noted that he was not as effective on turf pitches as he was on matting, and his fielding was weak.

[17] An article in the Trinidad Sporting Chronicle from the same period named him as "the best fast medium bowler in the West Indies".

[16] It noted that he was capable of bowling to slow the scoring of runs, or to attempt to dismiss the batsmen, a good fielder and a fast-scoring batsman.

It called him a "real Test match cricketer", and "a player whose accuracy of length, swerve and pace makes him an asset to any team and the equal of Constantine and Griffith at their best.

"[16] At the time he joined Lowerhouse, a profile in a Burnley newspaper stated that he was a steady bowler who kept to a consistent good length.

The cricket writer Martin Williamson, writing on the ESPNCricinfo website, believes his two Test match performances to have been "unimpressive" and judges: "In fairness, he was no more than a moderate late-order batsman and regulation medium-pacer".