Leon Hellmuth
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| Full name | Leon Hellmuth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1934 Blackheath, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 1981 (aged 47) Sidcup, London Borough of Bexley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1952 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 28 July 1951 Kent v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 9 August 1952 Kent v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leon Hellmuth (14 August 1934 – 29 December 1981) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in 1951 and 1952. He was born at Blackheath, London in 1934.[1]
Hellmuth, who was described by The Times in 1952 as "a batsman of undoubted promise",[2] made his first-class debut for Kent against Essex in the 1951 County Championship at Blackheath. He made a total of seven First XI appearances for the county, all of which came, other than his debut, in 1952, with his final first-class match being against Leicestershire. Hellmuth played 34 matches for the Kent Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship between 1951 and 1955.[3]
He died at Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley in December 1981 aged 47.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leon Hellmuth, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ Cricket – Bucks headed for Championship, The Times, 16 September 1952, p.9. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2020-12-24.)
- ^ Leon Hellmuth, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-02. (subscription required)