Herbert Sutcliffe
English cricketer (1894-1978) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 83
Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two world wars.
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Len Hutton Teammate at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1934-1945
Douglas Jardine Teammate at England cricket team, 1928-1934
Wilfred Rhodes Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1930
Les Ames Teammate at England cricket team, 1929-1935
George Gunn Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1930
George Macaulay Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1933
Percy Chapman Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1931
Percy Fender Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1929
Bill Voce Teammate at England cricket team, 1930-1935
Bob Wyatt Teammate at England cricket team, 1927-1935
Hedley Verity Teammate at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1930-1939
Maurice Leyland Teammate at England cricket team, 1928-1935- Maurice Turnbull Teammate at England cricket team, 1930-1935
- Nigel Haig Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1930
Phil Mead Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1924-1929
Stan Nichols Teammate at England cricket team, 1930-1935
Bill Bowes Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1928-1933
George Geary Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1934
Norman Yardley Teammate at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1936-1945
Tich Freeman Teammate at England cricket team, 1924-1929
William Whysall Teammate at England cricket team, 1925-1930- Arthur Dolphin Teammate at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1919-1927
- Stan Worthington Teammate at England cricket team, 1930-1935
Wilf Barber Teammate at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1926-1945
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Herbert Sutcliffe in the early years of his first-class career.
Herbert Sutcliffe during practice at Sydney Cricket Ground in 1924
Jack Hobbs (left) and Herbert Sutcliffe at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
A ball from Bill O'Reilly hits the stumps but the bails are not disturbed and Herbert Sutcliffe is not out. First Test at Sydney, 1932-33.
Douglas Jardine. Sutcliffe "backed him to the hilt" on the bodyline tour.
Herbert Sutcliffe's Test career performance graph. The red bars indicate Sutcliffe's Test match innings, while the blue line shows the average of his ten most recent innings at that point. The blue dots indicate innings in which he finished not-out.Awards
About this person
His first-class debut was delayed by the First World War until 1919 and his career was effectively terminated in August 1939 when he was called up for military service in the imminent Second World War. He was the first cricketer to score 16 centuries in Test match cricket. He is most famous for being the partner of Jack Hobbs and the partnership between the two, Hobbs and Sutcliffe, is widely regarded as the greatest partnership of all time.
