Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/May/May 17


 * Australia
 * 1932 - Peter Burge, 42 Tests for Australia and then a match referee, is born at Kangaroo Point, Queensland


 * West Indies
 * 1955 - Leslie Hylton is hanged in Jamaica after being convicted for the murder of his wife. Hylton is the only Test cricketer to die by capital punishment.