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 - diagram
We assume that if one added all the digits together the total would be 364 ru...
Sir Leonard Hutton - plaque
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Gordon Pirie
Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC sports personality of the year in 1955, when he out-ran the triple gold medallist Emil Zatopek. He broke five world rec...
1 memorial
Thames Rowing Club
Founded as 'The City of London Rowing Club'. It was a pioneer in women's rowing.
1 memorial
Henry Cotton
Golfer. Born Thomas Henry Cotton in Holmes Chapel, (then known as Church Hulme), near Congleton, Cheshire. He won the Open Championship in 1934, 1937 and 1948, becoming the leading British player o...
1 memorial
Rio Ferdinand
Footballer. Played 81 times for the England national team 1997 - 2011, Born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell and grew up in Peckham, living on the Friary Estate.
1 memorial
Lawrence Chubb
Sir Lawrence Wensley Chubb was an Anglo-Australian professional Secretary whose work was on environmentalist causes. Born in Australia, he migrated to England and in 1891 was working as an auction...
1 memorial