Famous Cricketers No 65 - Len Hutton

Tests and other games at higher level. He was, in fact, prevented from taking part in one of the most famous matches ever played at Lord’s, England v The Dominions, when Keith Miller scored his memorable 185 and Wally Hammond graced the occasion with a century in each innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 178. England v Australia, Lord’s, May 19, 21, 22 (Australia won by six wickets) c S.G.Sismey b R.G.Williams 1 267 455 b C.G.Pepper 21 294 107-4 179. England v Australia, Bramall Lane, June 23, 25, 26 (England won by 41 runs) c A.G.Cheetham b R.G.Williams 11 286 - - - - 147 b R.S.Ellis 46 190 2 0 14 0 288 180. England v Australia, Lord’s, July 14, 16, 17 (Australia won by four wickets) b K.R.Miller 104 254 194 c S.G.Sismey b D.R.Cristofani 69 164 225-6 181. England v Australia, Lord’s, August 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) lbw b R.G.Williams 35 468-7d 388 1 140-4 182. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Bradford, August 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) b A.E.Nutter 26 259 3 0 12 2 T.A.Higson, jun. b 239 1 F.Hartley lbw - - - - 107-3 183. England v Australia, Old Trafford, August 20, 21, 22 (England won by six wickets) c S.G.Sismey b R.G.Williams 64 243 173 lbw b C.G.Pepper 29 141-4 210 184. A Yorkshire X1 v R.A.F., Scarborough, August 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) lbw b A.D.G.Matthews 55 194-8d 3 0 13 0 195-7d b R.J.Partridge 73 135-4d - - - - 125-3 185. H.D.G.Leveson Gower’s XI v New Zealanders, Scarborough, September 1, 3, 4 (H.D.G.Leveson Gower’s XI won by eight wickets) b F.T.Badcock 188 472 - - - - 220 c J.D.Ridland b F.T.Badcock18 63-2 18 0 72 1 F.T.Badcock c A.B.Sellers 312-7d 1 186. H.D.G.Leveson Gower’s XI v The Australian Services, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (The Australian Services won by an innings and 108 runs) lbw b J.Pettiford 42 258 9 0 56 2 C.G.Pepper st A.Wood 506 R.G.Williams st A.Wood c A.W.Roper b R.G.Williams 0 140 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 9 16 0 782 188 48.87 2 4 3 Career 186 287 33 12440 364 48.97 38 48 138 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6-ball) 35 0 167 5 2-12 33.40 - - Career (6-ball) 882.5 173 } 3680 134 6-76 27.46 4 1 (8-ball) 244 .7 39 1946 There was great enthusiasm for the full resumption of first-class cricket after the cessation of hostilities. The first post-war tourists were the Indians, led by former Worcestershire and England cricketer, the Nawab of Pataudi. There were several extremely talented players in the side, as in addition to Pataudi himself, there were also Vijay Merchant, “Vinoo” Mankad, Vijay Hazare, Lala Amarnath and Abdul Hafeez, who later as A.H.Kardar was to become Pakistan’s first Test captain after partition. The Indians, however, suffered cruelly from the weather in what was a cold and wet 27