Ken Suttle
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Kenneth George 'Ken' Suttle (born 25 August 1928 at Brook Green
, Hammersmith
, London
; died 25 March 2005 while on holiday in Mauritius
) was an English
cricketer
. He was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm bowler. His first-class
career with Sussex lasted from 1949 to 1971. He played in 612 first-class matches. This included an unbroken sequence of 423 consecutive County Championship
matches between 1954 and 1969, which is still the record number.
He made 30225 first-class runs at 31.09, with 49 centuries and a highest score of 204*, reaching 1000 runs in 17 successive seasons from 1953 to 1969. His average might seem modest, but the level of scoring during the 1950s and 1960s indicates that pitches were generally considerably worse for batting than they are now. He took 266 wickets at 32.80, with best innings figures of 6-64.
He played in 55 'List A' one-day matches, and was a member of the Sussex side which won the Gillette Cup in 1963 and 1964 (the first two years of the competition).
He toured the West Indies with England in 1953-54
, but never played in a Test
. He stands equal third with Les Berry
in the list of players with most first-class runs not to have done so. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/245873.html
After leaving Sussex he played for Suffolk
for two seasons, ran an equipment shop, then coached at Christ's Hospital
. He umpired a handful of first-class university matches in 1983. He made three first-team appearances as a winger for Brighton & Hove Albion FC in 1949
Brook Green
Brook Green is an affluent London neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is located approx west of Charing Cross. It is bordered by Kensington, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, Holland Park and Brackenbury Village....
, Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
, London
London
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; died 25 March 2005 while on holiday in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
) was an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. He was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm bowler. His first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career with Sussex lasted from 1949 to 1971. He played in 612 first-class matches. This included an unbroken sequence of 423 consecutive County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
matches between 1954 and 1969, which is still the record number.
He made 30225 first-class runs at 31.09, with 49 centuries and a highest score of 204*, reaching 1000 runs in 17 successive seasons from 1953 to 1969. His average might seem modest, but the level of scoring during the 1950s and 1960s indicates that pitches were generally considerably worse for batting than they are now. He took 266 wickets at 32.80, with best innings figures of 6-64.
He played in 55 'List A' one-day matches, and was a member of the Sussex side which won the Gillette Cup in 1963 and 1964 (the first two years of the competition).
He toured the West Indies with England in 1953-54
English cricket team in West Indies in 1953-54
The English Cricket Team in the West Indies in 1953-54 played five Test matches, five other first-class matches and seven other games, three of them on a two-week stop-over in Bermuda that included Christmas....
, but never played in a Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
. He stands equal third with Les Berry
Les Berry
George Leslie "Les" Berry, born at Dorking, Surrey on 28 April 1906 and died at Great Glen, Leicestershire on 5 February 1985, was a cricketer who played for Leicestershire and holds many of the county's first-class batting records....
in the list of players with most first-class runs not to have done so. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/245873.html
After leaving Sussex he played for Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
for two seasons, ran an equipment shop, then coached at Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
. He umpired a handful of first-class university matches in 1983. He made three first-team appearances as a winger for Brighton & Hove Albion FC in 1949