George Constantine Linton (27 July 1873 – 20 January 1960) was a Jamaican

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er. He married Daisy Euraldine Delgado on 4 December 1907, in Kingston, Jamaica. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He played for Jamaica in the days before the first world war and was a member of the team to

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and Barbados in 1896. Against R. A. Bennett's English tourists in 1902 he played an

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of 60 for Jamaica Born. He was a most powerful hitter and earned the title of the "local Jessop."

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