Trivia

Grandfather of the cricketer Ben Hutton and the father of the cricketer Richard Hutton. England cricket captain from 1952-1955. Scored 364 for England versus Australia at the Oval in 1938, then a record.

First professional cricketer to lead England in the 20th century. Under his leadership, England reclaimed back-to-back Ashes both home and overseas, with Hutton himself averaging over 50 during both the series.

His highest individual score of 364 against Australia during the 1938 Ashes stood as a world record until Sir Garfield Sobers of the West Indies overtook it in 1958 scoring 365 against Pakistan at Kingston.

Voted by ESPN Cricinfo as the 20th greatest cricketer of all-time.

Represented Yorkshire in English Country Cricket.

Conscripted in the SAS for World War 2, but his shoulder got permanently injured during commando training when the matting under him slipped, forcing him to alter his batting style post war.

At the time of his retirement, he was only 29 runs short of becoming only the second batsman in history to score 7000 test runs after fellow Englishman and captain Wally Hammond. He was also at that point the third highest run scorer in test cricket and his final batting average of 56.67 continues to remain in the top-10 for players with 5000 test runs or above.