Hilton Poulier (1909 – 6 May 1979) was a

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who played on Ceylon's first tour in 1932–33. He attended

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, and played for

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in Colombo as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful lower-order batsman. On his first-class debut, for Dr J. Rockwood's Ceylon XI in December 1929, he took 5 for 17 and 3 for 29 in the victory over J. D. Antia's Bombay XI in

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. He took part in Ceylon's tour of India in 1932-33, when he was the team's main pace bowler, taking 14 wickets at an average of 24.21 in the five first-class matches. Reporting on the tour in ''

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'', the Indian journalist I. M. Mansukhani noted that "Poulier was their fast bowler, but his length was imperfect". He took five wickets and top-scored in the second innings with 53 not out – batting at number 10 – when Ceylon beat

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. He lost the middle finger of his right hand as the result of an accident at work for the Harbour Engineer's Department in 1937. He was never quite the same player afterwards.S. S. Perera, ''The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996)'', Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, p. 190.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulier, Hilton 1909 births 1979 deaths Sri Lankan cricketers All-Ceylon cricketers Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Burgher Recreation Club cricketers Place of birth missing