Navigation
Accessibility Login Buy tickets Search
Buy tickets

Search

Previous Next

Bat of Sir Leonard Hutton, 1938



Date:
1938
Object Number:
M.56.9
Creator
H. Gradidge (manufacturer)
Production notes
Gradidge's guarantee the Blade of this bat to be made from UNBLEACHED Salix Coerulea close bark willow
Size
Height: 33.1/2 inches Weight: ??
Object name
bat cricket bat
Object category
sports equipment - cricket

Description

Bat of [Sir] Leonard Hutton, 1938. Bat used in scoring 364 v The Australians at Kennington Oval, 1938. Made by H. Gradidge. Stamped on blade: Short Handle; Gradidge, Woolwich, London. Humped back. Treble-sprung handle. on label: Gradidge's guarantee the blade of this bat to be made from unbleached Salix Coerulea close bark willow. Inscription on silver shield on face: Actual Gradidge bat with which / Len Hutton / Made the World's record score in / Test Matches / 364 at [the] Oval / 1938. Autographed on back: England side and a cartoon by Tom Webster. Inscription on back, top right-hand corner: 364, 5th Test. Silver plaque inscription'Actual Gradidge bat with which Len Hutton made the world record score in Test Matches 364 The Oval 1938'/ reverse of bat includes cartoon by Tom Webster and signatures of several players
Read more

Display caption

Bat used by Sir Leonard Hutton 1938 Made by Gradidge Donated by the Hutton family (M.56.9) Len Hutton used this bat to make his then world Test record innings of 364 against the Australians at the Oval in 1938. It is signed by him and his England team-mates from that match and inscribed with a cartoon by Tom Webster. Webster produced a cartoon every day for almost 20 years and his work is an unrivalled humorous sporting commentary between the two world wars.
Read more
Association:
Leonard Hutton (owner)
Related objects:
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP74 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname H
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP274 : Museum Gifts