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Leonard Hutton and Herbert Sutcliffe blue plaque

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Leonard Hutton and Herbert Sutcliffe blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Herbert Sutcliffe (1894-1978) Sir Leonard Hutton (1916-1990) These outstanding batsmen for Yorkshire and England learnt to play cricket on this ground. Sutcliffe holds the highest England career Test Average of 60.73. Hutton, by scoring 364 v Australia in 1938, made the highest individual score by an Englishman in Test cricket. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Herbert Sutcliffe and Sir Leonard Hutton were prominent English cricketers who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England; Sutcliffe holds the record for the highest career Test average for England at 60.73, while Hutton scored the then-highest individual score by an Englishman in a Test match with 364 against Australia in 1938.

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