Name:

Hutton, Sir Leonard

Nickname:

Len

Date of Birth:

23 Jun 1916

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Pudsey, Yorkshire

Date Died:

06 Sep 1990

Career:

Test: 1937 - 1955
First Class: 1934 - 1955

Teams:

Yorkshire (Regional)
England (Country)

Len Hutton: Led England back to the top

Sir Len Hutton: Regained the Ashes, after a 20 year wait

Born : 23 June 1916 at Fulneck, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England
Died : 6 September 1990 at Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England

Len Hutton was one of the finest opening batsmen the game has seen. He possessed great powers of concentration and tended on the side of caution, but could play wonderful attacking cricket when the mood took him or the situation demanded it.

He broke his left-arm in a gymnasium accident during the war and it was left two inches shorter than his right-arm after the operation.

At The Oval in 1938, Hutton set a world Test record when he made 364 against Australia. This was also the foundation innings which resulted in England scoring the then highest ever Test score (subsequently overtaken by Sri Lanka's 952 in 1997)  

In 1952 he became the first professional to captain England and led them to an Ashes triumph in 1953.

With Cyril Washbrook he set a then world record of 359 for the first wicket against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1948.

He retired after a successful defence of the Ashes in Australia in 1955 and handed the reigns to Peter May. In all, he captained England in 23 Tests.

Hutton was knighted in 1956. His son Richard played Test cricket for England.