Famous Cricketers No 65 - Len Hutton

against the bowling of Morris Nichols when Essex inflicted a defeat of embarrassing proportions on the eventual champions. At Hull in the previous season Nichols had bowled him for 0 and 4, so he was rapidly becoming Len’s most dreaded opponent. His return to something like his normal form came in the middle of August at Headingley when he scored 131 against Middlesex after having received some very kind words of encouragement from that county’s great batsman, veteran Patsy Hendren. Two games later, in his last appearance of the season, he scored a most creditable 92 against the MCC in the Scarborough Festival. Because of his health problems, his bowling, so promising in 1934, was scarcely utilised, but his fielding continued to delight. He had played one game more than in his debut season, but he had scored over 300 runs fewer at a lower average. He was thrilled at the end of the season to be included in a Yorkshire party to go on a short tour to Jamaica. The prospect of a journey into the sun to restore him to full health was a wonderful prospect for the nineteen-year-old. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 17. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 15, 16, 17 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) c M.Jahangir Khan b J.W.T Grimshaw 44 268 97 did not bat - 61-3 229 18. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Gloucester, May 18, 20, 21 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) lbw b C.J.Barnett 1 166 128 not out 35 79-2 116 19. Yorkshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 22, 23, 24 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 59 runs) b A.P.Singleton 18 453 4 1 12 0 192 2 1 2 0 202 20. Yorkshire v Sussex, Headingley, May 25, 27 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 123 runs) b J.H.Cornford 6 421 - - - - 86 1 2 0 15 0 212 21. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Bramall Lane, May 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 164 runs) st G.C.Griffiths b F.B.Warne 9 445-5d 92 189 22. Yorkshire v Kent, Bradford, June 1, 3 (Yorkshire won by two wickets) hit wkt b A.P.Freeman 42 131 182 lbw b C.Lewis 5 192-8 140 23. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Hull, June 5, 6 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 135 runs) b W.T.F.Dodd 45 315-5d 63 1 117 24. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June (8), 10, 11 (Match drawn) b R.Pollard 14 140 153 80-0 25. Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c J.A.Smart b J.H.Mayer 4 161 254 retired ill 17 225-3 221 26. Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, Harrogate, July 17, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 76 runs) c N.Grimshaw b A.D.G.Matthews 20 459-8d 289 94 1 27. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Hull, July 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b H.Larwood 0 421 - - - - 232 14.1 3 50 2 J.Knowles c A.Wood 286-8 1 H.Larwood c H.Sutcliffe 28. Yorkshire v Essex, Huddersfield, July 31, August 1 (Essex won by an innings and 204 runs) b M.S.Nichols 0 31 334 1 lbw b M.S.Nichols 0 99 29. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 7, 8, 9 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) lbw b W.H.Marlow 18 393 274 did not bat - 15-0 130 30. Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Bradford, August 10, 12 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) c J.A.Smart b R.E.S.Wyatt 43 354 105 did not bat - 4-0 250 1 9