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Full name Richard Anthony Hutton
Born September 6, 1942, Pudsey, Yorkshire
Current age 65 years 307 days
Major teams England,Cambridge University,Transvaal,Yorkshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Father - L Hutton,Father-in-law - BG Brocklehurst,Uncle - F Dennis,Brother - JL Hutton,Cousin - SJ Dennis,Son - BL Hutton,Son - OR Hutton
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
8
2
219
81
36.50
546
40.10
0
2
29
1
9
0
First-class
281
410
58
7561
189
21.48
5
29
216
0
List A
111
83
25
1085
65
18.70
0
4
28
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
8
738
257
9
3/72
3/90
28.55
2.08
82.0
0
0
0
First-class
281
34225
15008
625
8/50
24.01
2.63
54.7
21
3
List A
111
5069
3137
133
7/15
7/15
23.58
3.71
38.1
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 17-22, 1971 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at The Oval, Aug 19-24, 1971 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1962 - 1975/76
List A span
1965 - 1975/76
Profile
Richard Hutton was a good county allrounder, who was never quite able to escape the shadow of his illustrious father. Born like Sir Leonard in Pudsey, Richards's career followed a rather different course. He went to school at Repton, and then to Cambridge University where he won a blue. He represented the Gentlemen at Lord's in 1962. His bowling was perhaps stronger than his batting, with his 625 first-class wickets coming at 24 runs each. Generally opening the bowling, or first-change, he was an accurate fast-medium, capable of swinging and seaming the ball into and away from the batsman. A tall man, he used his height in both batting and bowling, favouring the front foot, and using his reach to drive. He made five first-class centuries, passing 1000 runs in the English season twice, but over his career averaging only 21.48. A career-best 189 for Yorkshire against Pakistan in 1971 earned Hutton a Test place, and he took a couple of wickets in the badly rain affected second Test at Lord's. With a draw a certainty, he opened the batting for England in the second innings, making an unbeaten half-century in undemanding circumstances. He played the remaining Tests of the summer, making a fine 81 in the final game against India at the Oval. England did not tour that winter, and Hutton was asked to play for the World XI that replaced the South African tourists in Australia in 1971-72. He looked somewhat out of his depth in a side that included Lloyd, Sobers, Kanhai, Zaheer, Greig, Graeme Pollock, Gavaskar and Bedi, and was not a success.
Hutton failed to regain a Test place after 1971, and became much involved in
the internal wranglings that split the Yorkshire team for much of the 1970s.
He and Geoff Boycott developed an intense personal dislike of each other that eventually resulted in Hutton leaving the club in 1974 to concentrate on business commitments. He was later editor of The Cricketer magazine.
Dave Liverman
