Hugh Tryon Bartlett DFC was an English cricketer who played as an attacking left-handed batsman for Sussex either side of World War II.
19 Facts About Hugh Bartlett
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Hugh Bartlett won blues at Cambridge University for three years and in 1936 captained them in the Varsity match.
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In two overs by Verity, Hugh Bartlett scored 062660 and 006606.
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Later at Lord's, Hugh Bartlett made 175 not out in his first appearance for Gentlemen against the Players.
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Hugh Bartlett hit Nichols for five fours in an over, Peter Smith for two fours and two sixes off another.
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Hugh Bartlett scored his 50 in 33 minutes, 100 in 57 minutes and 150 in 110 minutes.
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Hugh Bartlett scored 104 runs before lunch in just over an hour before slowing down.
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Hugh Bartlett hit 40 sixes in 1938, second only to Arthur Wellard.
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Immediately after his innings against Australia, when Arthur Fagg dropped out, Hugh Bartlett was added to the English team to tour South Africa that winter.
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Hugh Bartlett toured and scored 358 runs at an average of 51.14 in the first-class matches but did not play in any of the Tests.
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Hugh Bartlett was caught by Charles Palmer at deep extra cover off a hit that, like the one against Yorkshire in 1938, would have gone for six had he missed it.
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Hugh Bartlett transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1942, served in the Glider Pilot Regiment and later served as the second-in-command to Billy Griffith.
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Hugh Bartlett commanded the 'A' squadron and took part in three major operations - the airborne assault at Normandy on the D-Day, the Battle of Arnhem, and the Rhine crossings.
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Legend has it that Hugh Bartlett's hair turned grey in a single night when he flew his commanding officer to Arnhem.
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Hugh Bartlett turned out for both the RAF and the Great Britain United rugby teams.
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Hugh Bartlett remained in the Territorial Army after the war, returning to the RASC.
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Hugh Bartlett served as Billy Griffith's vice captain at Sussex in 1946 and took over the captaincy for the next three seasons.
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Hugh Bartlett scored more than a thousand runs in 1938,1939 and 1947.
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Hugh Bartlett collapsed and died while watching Sussex play Yorkshire in a Sunday League match at Hove in 1988.