Famous Cricketers No 65 - Len Hutton

He had suffered an early setback in the game with Transvaal at Johannesburg when, before scoring, he completely lost sight of a ball from fast bowler Eric Davies, was concussed, the ball falling on the wicket to cause him to be officially “bowled”. Consequently he missed the first Test but played in all the others. The astonishing fact is that in such a high-scoring series he failed to score a century. In all games, however, he was the leading run-scorer with most centuries, joint with Paynter, and second to the Lancastrian in the overall averages. He could quite clearly now be looked upon as one of the best three or four batsmen in the world. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 131. MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, November 12, 14, 15 (MCC won by eight wickets) c D.Price b J.G.B.Brinkhaus 14 276 174 c A.B.Glantz b J.G.B.Brinkhaus 0 69-2 169 132. MCC v Griqualand West, Kimberley, November 19, 21, 22 (MCC won by an innings and 289 runs) c and b J.P.McNally 149 676 - - - - 114 1 10 1 27 1 A.H.Gyngell c W.J.Edrich 273 133. MCC v Natal, Durban, December 3,5, 6 (Match drawn) run out 108 458 307 30-0 134. MCC v North Eastern Transvaal, Pretoria, December 10, 12, 13 (MCC won by an innings and 76 runs) lbw b H.H.Watt 66 379-6d 161 142 135. MCC v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) b E.Q.Davies 0 268 428-8d 1 174-2 136. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, December 31, January 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b N.Gordon 17 559-9d 286 201-2 137. MCC v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, January 7, 9 (MCC won by an innings and 235 runs) c J.Buchanan b A.H.Coy 202 518-6d 172 111 138. MCC v Border, East London, January 13, 14, 16 (MCC won by nine wickets) c R.K.B.Morkel b R.Beesley 3 320 121 lbw b R.K.B.Morkel 0 79-1 275 139 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, January 20, 21, 23 (England won by an innings an 13 runs) lbw b N.Gordon 31 469-4d 103 1 353 140. MCC v Combined Transvaal XI, Johannnesburg, January 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) lbw b E.S.Newson 148 434 - - - - 304 10 0 51 0 220-2 141. MCC v Rhodesia, Bulawayo, February 4, (6), 7 (Match drawn) c A.J.Bell b J.H.Charsley 145 307-5d 3 0 20 1 A.Hyde c and b 242 2 142. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, February 18, 20, (21), 22 (Match drawn) b B Mitchell 92 215 349-8d 1 c R.E.Grieveson b N.Gordon32 203-4 143. MCC v Natal, Pietermaritzburg, February 25, 27, 28 (MCC won by nine wickets) hit wkt b J.R.Ellis 15 407 295 not out 53 110-1 219 144. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, March 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, (11), 13, 14 (Match drawn) run out 38 316 - - - - 530 b B.Mitchell 55 654-5 1 0 10 0 481 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 6 0 265 92 44.16 - 2 3 Other matches 10 13 1 903 202 75.25 5 2 4 Tour 14 19 1 1168 202 64.88 5 4 7 Career 144 219 27 8775 364 45.70 24 36 96 21