Leslie Hylton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 West Indies (WI) |
||
 |
||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 6 | 40 |
| Runs scored | 70 | 843 |
| Batting average | 11.66 | 18.73 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/5 |
| Top score | 19 | 80 |
| Balls bowled | 965 | - |
| Wickets | 16 | 120 |
| Bowling average | 26.12 | 25.62 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | 4/27 | 5/24 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 31/- |
|
Test debut: 8 January 1935 |
||
Leslie George Hylton (29 March 1905 – 17 May 1955) was a West Indian cricketer, a fast bowler who played in 6 Test matches between 1935 and 1939 for the West Indies. He also played 40 first-class games for his native Jamaica.
Hylton debuted with four Tests in the 1934–1935 season, taking 13 wickets at an average of 19.3, but had to wait until 1939 before playing his next two Tests. In that trip to England, he added three more wickets to his career tally, and did not play in any more Tests subsequently.
Hylton is perhaps more well-known for his death. In 1955, he was hanged for murdering his wife. As of March 2008, he remains the only Test cricketer to have been executed.[1]
