Famous Cricketers No 65 - Len Hutton

471. Yorkshire v Sussex, Hull, June 2, 3, 5 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 20 runs) b D.J.Wood 1 352-9d 154 1 178 1 472. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, June 5, (7), (8) (Match drawn) b R.Tattersall 44 348-7d 473. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lord’s, June (10), (11), (12), 14, 15 (Match drawn) b Khan Mohammad 0 117-9d 87 121-3 474. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Huddersfield, June 16, 17, 18 (Match tied) c J.Firth b V.S.Munden 60 351-4d 328 1 c J.Firth b C.T.Spencer 6 113 136 1 475. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c D.Bennett b A.E.Moss 10 400 430 c J.D.B.Robertson b A.E.Moss 2 175 476. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 17, 19, 20 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 82 runs) c J.D.Clay b G.Goonesena 32 157 378-6d 1 hit wkt b G.Goonesena 38 139 477. Yorkshire v Combined Services, Harrogate, July 21, 22, (23) (Match drawn) c M.D.Fenner b T.A.Hall 163 513-7d 361 did not bat - 21-0 478. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Bramall Lane, July 24, (26), (27) (Match drawn) c L.Outschoorn b J.A.Flavell 17 122-4 193 1 479. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Headingley, July 28, 29, 30 (Derbyshire won by six wickets) lbw b C.Gladwin 44 119 272 absent hurt - 207 55-4 480 Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Bradford, August 7, (9), (10) (Match drawn) not out 149 302-5 481 ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Kennington Oval, August 12, (13), 14, 16, 17 (Pakistan won by 24 runs) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 14 130 133 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 5 143 164 482. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 18, 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by 116 runs) c N.H.Rogers b M.D.Heath 17 113 51 c M.D.Heath 50 216 162 483 Yorkshire v Kent, Dover, August 21, 23, (24) (Match drawn) c T.G.Evans b A.C.Shirreff 6 290-9d 76 186-5 484. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, September 1, 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) c T.G.Evans b A.V.Bedser 18 165 143 c T.G.Evans b A.E.Moss 6 207-4 225 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 0 19 14 6.33 - - - County Championship 13 19 2 676 149* 39.76 1 4 6 Other Yorkshire matches 5 6 0 217 163 36.16 1 - 1 Season 20 28 2 912 163 35.07 2 4 7 Career 484 766 88 38354 364 56.56 126 167 388 1954/55 – MCC in Australia and New Zealand Although he started off the tour with 469 runs in four completed innings, this was Len Hutton’s least successful with the bat as for the first time he failed to average over 60. He scored freely enough in the state games, but was unable to do himself justice in the Tests, either in Australia or New Zealand. In what was to prove to be his final Test innings in Auckland, batting at number 5, he did sign off with a 59