Famous Cricketers No 65 - Len Hutton

348. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c N.D.Howard b R.Tattersall 18 226 233 c G.A.Edrich b R.Tattersall 91 282-7d 160-3 349. Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, Headingley, August 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c V Broderick b F.R.Brown 7 354-8d 298 1 lbw b R.W.Clarke 79 281-3d 194-4 350. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Kennington Oval, August 12, 14, 15, 16 (West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs) not out 202 344 503 1 c R.J.Christiani b J.D.C.Goddard 2 103 351. Yorkshire v Sussex, Eastbourne, August 19, 21, 22 (Yorkshire won by three wickets) c R.T.Webb b A.E.James 6 183 290 c J.Y.Oakes b A.E.James 71 262-7d 151 352. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Cardiff, August 23, (24), (25) (Match drawn) 14-2 353. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 26, 28, 29 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 68 runs) c N.H.Rogers b C.J.Knott 38 369-4d 113 188 2 354. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, September 2, 4, 5 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) run out 85 390-7d 249 did not bat - 92-5 232 355. North v South, Scarborough, September 6, 7, 8 (South won by three wickets) c M.M.Walford b T.E.Bailey66 288-7d 284-7d b J.A.Young 63 245-5d 251-7 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 6 1 333 202* 66.60 1 - 2 County Championship 14 21 2 1125 156 59.21 4 4 15 Other Yorkshire matches 6 10 0 456 104 45.60 1 4 4 Other matches 2 3 0 214 85 71.33 - 3 3 Season 25 40 3 2128 202* 57.51 6 11 24 Career 355 565 64 28110 364 56.10 91 121 281 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship(6-ball) 28 5 90 2 2-58 45.00 - - Career (6-ball) 1210.5 242 } 4818 166 6-76 29.02 4 1 (8-ball) 263.7 40 1950/51 – MCC in Australia and New Zealand Rarely can there have been seen a greater gap in achievement than there was on this tour between Len Hutton and his colleagues. If he had received only moderate assistance from the other batsmen, then surely England could even have won a series which was lost by the ostensibly decisive margin of 4-1. He began the tour with a century at Adelaide v South Australia and two games later he also reached three figures at Sydney in the New South Wales fixture, both scored from his customary number one position. However, in a side curiously unbalanced containing as it did eight players who would at one time or another be selected as England opening batsmen, it was decided for the first Test at Brisbane to open with Reg. Simpson and Cyril Washbrook and leave Hutton to bolster the middle order. England played well above their previous form on the tour to gain an advantageous position when the notorious Brisbane weather intervened to make the pitch extremely difficult for batting on. Hutton remained undefeated in each innings with his second innings score of 62* being hailed as one of the finest ever seen in Australia. Continually held back in the order in the hope that conditions would improve, he eventually went to the wicket with the score at 30 for 6, requiring 193 to win. With Freddie Brown coming in at number ten and Doug Wright at eleven 76 were added for the last two 45