Born 1894, Harrogate | Died 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire

Played for Yorkshire and England

Because of the little matter of the First World War, Herbert Sutcliffe had to wait until he was 24 to play for Yorkshire's first team. However, he made up for the wait by scoring 1,839 runs in his first season (1919) at an average of 44.85. By 1924, he had seen off all rivals for the other opening spot for England and to have the honour of partnering Sir Jack Hobbs.

A front foot player by choice, he enjoyed playing on the off-side, hooking and cutting the ball with power. One thing many people do forget about him was his quick running between the wickets, and the ability to take a run when there was no run on offer, especially with Hobbs. During his career, he shared in 145 first class opening partnerships of 100 runs or more, 74 with Percy Holmes and 26 with Hobbs. Indeed in their first outing together in 1924 against South Africa, the pair put on 136 for the first wicket, and at Lord's in the second test, they put on 268. On tour to Australia the same year, they again scored 2 more opening partnerships of 100 or more, but this time in the same match, scoring 157 in the first innings and 110 in the second.

In 54 Test matches, playing against the likes of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, he scored 4,555 runs (60.73) including 16 centuries and 23 catches. In first class matches, he had a very long career that started in 1919 and ended in 1945, scoring over 50,000 runs (51.95) including 149 centuries. He reached 1,000 runs in a season 24 times including 3 times while touring.