Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 447
Estimate: £500/800
Hammer: £950
Leonard ‘Len’ Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. H. Gradidge & Sons ‘Len Hutton Autograph’ bat used by Hutton to score his last first class century for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1955. A rectangular brass plaque attached to the bat reads ‘This bat was used by Sir Leonard Hutton in scoring 197 at Trent Bridge in 1955. This being his final century in first class cricket’. This bat was one of twelve Hutton bats which were awarded by the Evening News in 1957 to the readers of their paper who gave the best reason for deserving one. This was bat was won/awarded to a Mr Shine. The bat was purchased direct from the Shine family. Some loss to the bat rubber otherwise in good condition
Hutton made his 197 at Trent Bridge on the 25th-29th June 1955. He batted for just under five hours hitting three sixes and twenty four fours. This was the last of his 129 first class centuries
Sir Leonard Hutton was probably the greatest English opening batsman of his era, who played for Yorkshire and England before and after the Second World War as an opening batsman. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer to captain England in Tests, under his captaincy England won the Ashes the following year for the first time in 19 years.
Sir Leonard Hutton was probably the greatest English opening batsman of his era, who played for Yorkshire and England before and after the Second World War as an opening batsman. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer to captain England in Tests, under his captaincy England won the Ashes the following year for the first time in 19 years.