Wyndham Hazelton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 08-May-1894
Place of Birth: Buckingham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Mar-1958
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Wyndham Hazelton
- Edward Wyndham Hazelton (8 May 1894 – 13 March 1958) was an English cricketer.
- Hazelton was a right-handed batsman who bowled both leg break and right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Wellingborough School. Hazelton made his debut in county cricket for Buckinghamshire in the 1912 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire.
- He played for Buckinghamshire right up to the 1914 season, which was curtailed due to the start of World War I.
- Following the conclusion of the war, Hazelton appeared in a first-class match for Essex against the Australian Imperial Forces in 1919, though this only appearance for Essex came with no success with either bat or ball.
- Following this match, Hazelton continued to play Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire, he would wait four more years after his lone appearance for Essex for his next first-class appearance, which eventually came in 1924 for the Minor Counties against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI at The Saffrons in Eastbourne.
- His next first-class match came for the East of England against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, a match in which he took his maiden first-class five wicket haul, with figures of 5/68 in the New Zealanders first-innings.His next first-class appearance came the following season for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians, with Hazelton taking career best figures of 6/45 in the West Indians first-innings, this after he took 4 wickets in their first-innings, which gave him his only ten wicket haul in a match.
- Further first-class appearances came for the Gentleman in 1928, the North, the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans in 1929, and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930 against Yorkshire.
- Overall, Hazelton took 23 first-class wickets at an average of 27.00.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire until 1931, having made a total of 68 Minor Counties Championship appearances.He died at Great Dunmow, Essex, on 13 March 1958.
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