Person    | Male  Born 23/6/1916  Died 6/9/1990

Sir Leonard Hutton

Categories: Sport / Games

Cricketer. Born Yorkshire. Played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire 1934-55, and for England in 79 Test matches 1937 -55. Set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, scoring 364 runs against Australia. Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack described him as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

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Sir Leonard Hutton

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Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture

Unveiled by Hutton's widow.

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Sir Leonard Hutton - diagram

We assume that if one added all the digits together the total would be 364 ru...

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Sir Leonard Hutton - plaque

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