[2] On the same day, Darlington signed Peterborough & Fletton United's Maurice Wellock,[2] whose goal record, of 71 goals from 104 league matches over three seasons,[1] illustrates why he was preferred to Hill at centre-forward.
The first was against South Shields in an 8–3 victory,[5] and the second came in the first half of a 5–2 defeat of York City, though the Yorkshire Post reported that the first of the three goals failed to cross the line and the third was offside.
[6] As he had been with Newport, he was prolific at reserve-team level,[7] but at the end of the 1930–31 season, he was given a free transfer,[8] and he signed for North-Eastern League club West Stanley.
[7] After a season with West Stanley,[1] Hill, "a very good centre forward and a strong shot", joined Spennymoor United, with whom he was to spend the next five years, apart from a brief foray to Ramsgate at the start of the 1934–35 season.
[9] In 1937, the Football Association gave permission for the club to arrange a testimonial match in appreciation of his services.