Bert
Sutcliffe O.B.E.
Born 17th. November 1923
Died 20th. April 2001
Wisden Cricketer of the year 1950
Bert
Sutcliffe on Wikipedia
Bert
Sutcliffe on ESPNcricinfo
The greatest New Zealand batsman
(everything is relative and, relative to every New Zealand batsman in
his cricketing lifetime, Bert was the greatest by a long way). Not many
New Zealanders (I believe) would disagree with that. He was one of my
heroes, I know I'm English but cricket is (was?) universal and many
of my heroes were from beyond these shores.
This photo was taken at Canterbury (in Kent, England that is! - New
Zealand versus Kent) in 1958. I see from Wisden that rain restricted
the second day to 70 minutes and washed out the third day but my memory
only extends to seeing Bert Sutcliffe! Can someone tell me who the other
two cricketers are?
(I eventually e-mailed New Zealand Cricket with the question
and Nikki (thankyou) tells me that they are Harry
Cave (1922-1989) and Jack
D'Arcy (born 1936). This she got from two doyens of New Zealand
Cricket, Don
Neely and Craig
Presland. Thankyou also gentlemen).
Bert Sutcliffe's Autobiography
Autographs of the 1958 NZ Tourists
(Bert 3rd. from bottom)
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