Sir Len Hutton

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Sir Len Hutton was a legendary English opening batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and a record-breaking Test captain for England.

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instanceOf England Test captain
cricketer
human
ashesSeriesWonAsCaptain 1953 Ashes series NERFINISHED
1954–55 Ashes series NERFINISHED
award Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED
battingAfterInjury continued to bat with shortened left arm
battingCharacteristics ability to play long innings
powers of concentration
strong defence
technical correctness
battingStyle right-handed batsman
biography “Len Hutton: The Biography” by Gerald Howat NERFINISHED
bowlingStyle leg-break bowler
burialPlace Fulneck Moravian burial ground, Pudsey NERFINISHED
captaincyStyle tactically astute and cautious
causeOfDeath aneurysm
child John Hutton NERFINISHED
Richard Hutton NERFINISHED
clubCricketTeam Yorkshire NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1916-06-23
dateOfDeath 1990-09-06
education Fulneck School NERFINISHED
era pre-war and post-war English cricket
family brother Bill Hutton NERFINISHED
father Henry Hutton
firstClassBattingAverage 55.51
firstClassBestBowling 7/49
firstClassCenturies 129
firstClassMatchesPlayed 513
firstClassRunsScored 40140
firstClassWickets 231
fullName Leonard Hutton NERFINISHED
hallOfFame ICC Cricket Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
highestTestScore 364
highestTestScoreOpponent Australia NERFINISHED
highestTestScoreVenue The Oval, London NERFINISHED
highestTestScoreYear 1938
honorificPrefix Sir
honour knighted for services to cricket
inductedIntoICCHallOfFame 2009
injury serious left arm injury during army training in World War II
lastTestAgainst Australia NERFINISHED
lastTestDate 1955-03-31
lastTestFor England NERFINISHED
notableSeries 1938 Ashes series NERFINISHED
1953 Ashes series NERFINISHED
1954–55 Ashes series NERFINISHED
occupation professional cricketer
placeOfBirth Fulneck, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Leeds, Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED
playedFor England XI NERFINISHED
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) NERFINISHED
postRetirementActivity cricket administrator
cricket commentator
cricket selector
record first professional cricketer to captain England in a home Test series
held the world record individual Test score of 364
regardedAs one of England’s greatest Test batsmen
one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history
relativeOccupation son Richard Hutton played Test cricket for England
religiousBackground Moravian community at Fulneck NERFINISHED
role Test captain
opening batsman
servedIn British Army NERFINISHED
sport cricket
team England cricket team NERFINISHED
Yorkshire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED
testBattingAverage 56.67
testCapNumberForEngland 297
testCenturies 19
testDebutAgainst New Zealand NERFINISHED
testDebutDate 1937-06-26
testDebutFor England NERFINISHED
testHalfCenturies 33
testMatchesPlayed 79
testRunsScored 6971
wisdenCricketerOfTheYear 1938
yearOfKnighthood 1956

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