Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Len Hutton

Len Hutton

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 23, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:11, 4 June 2016 (UTC)



Len Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was a Test cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Marked out as a potential star from his teenage years, Hutton made his debut for Yorkshire in 1934 and by 1937 was playing for England. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years. During the Second World War, he received a serious injury to his arm, which never fully recovered. In 1946, he assumed a role as the mainstay of England's batting; the team depended greatly on his success for the remainder of his career. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the 20th Century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy England won the Ashes for the first time in 19 years. As a batsman, Hutton was cautious and built his style on a sound defence. He remains statistically among the best batsmen to have played Test cricket, and was knighted for his contributions to the game in 1956. He went on to be a Test selector, a journalist and broadcaster, worked for an engineering firm and became Yorkshire president in 1990.
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 * Main editors: Sarastro1
 * Promoted: February 28, 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: 100th anniversary of birth (and there might be some coverage of it in the media)
 * Support as nominator. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:15, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - good day for it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Support pending link check -- Sorry, I forgot to add my support when I tweaked the blurb before; nothing like a centenary, and I think the article has remained in good shape since its promotion (I for one have had it on my watchlist). Haven't inspected for dead links though. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:28, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Links are Ok I think, and I've been keeping an eye even when I'm not around much. And for anyone interested, there have been no new books, etc about Hutton since its promotion. Unfortunately. Sarastro1 (talk) 16:33, 17 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Support per anniversary. Links are OK. SST flyer 02:28, 25 May 2016 (UTC)