1. Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1902 and 1912.
22 Facts About Kenneth Hutchings
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Kenneth Hutchings was primarily a batsman who played a major role in three of Kent's County Championship wins in the years before World War I and who played seven Test matches for England.
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Kenneth Hutchings was chosen as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1907.
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Kenneth Hutchings was born in Southborough near Tunbridge Wells, the fourth son of Dr Edward Kenneth Hutchings who was a keen cricketer.
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Kenneth Hutchings was educated at Tonbridge School where he played in the First XI for five years between 1898 and 1902, captaining the school in his last two years there and playing rackets for the school in 1901 at Queen's Club.
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Kenneth Hutchings made his first-class cricket debut in 1902, playing once for Kent in the 1902 County Championship.
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Kenneth Hutchings played fluently in 11 Championship matches in 1903 and toured America with Kent, playing against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, but only made three appearances in total for the County in 1904 and 1905, scoring two half centuries.
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Kenneth Hutchings's "ultra-attacking batting" saw him score 1,454 runs for the County at an average of 60.58, a major role in Kent winning their first County Championship title.
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Kenneth Hutchings led the county in runs scored despite only playing in 18 games out of a possible 25 during the season.
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Kenneth Hutchings scored four centuries and played, according to Wisden with "amazing brilliancy" whilst The Guardian described him as "the most brilliant" of Kent's batsmen in a team with very strong batting.
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Kenneth Hutchings was picked for the Gentlemen v Players match and was chosen as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1907.
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Kenneth Hutchings scored his highest Test score of 126 at Melbourne on the tour, reaching his hundred in 126 minutes, his second fifty taking only 51 minutes.
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Kenneth Hutchings's form failed him in 1912 and he was dropped from the Kent First XI in June and did not play first-class cricket of any kind after the end of the 1912 season.
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Kenneth Hutchings was regarded as a hard hitting and graceful batsman.
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Kenneth Hutchings was considered an attacking batsman who could score all around the wicket with "a style that is entirely his own".
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Kenneth Hutchings scored quickly when on form and was an "ideal cricketer".
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Kenneth Hutchings worked at Wiggins Teape, a paper manufacturer near Dover, when he played for Kent, working alongside Keith Barlow who played twice for Kent and went on to be the Chairman of the company.
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Kenneth Hutchings enlisted within a few days of the start of the war, serving in the King's Liverpool Regiment and was sent to France in April 1915.
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Kenneth Hutchings was attached to the Welch Regiment for a time and promoted to Lieutenant in December 1916.
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Kenneth Hutchings was killed in action on 3 September 1916 at Ginchy in northern France during the Battle of Guillemont as part of the Battle of the Somme.
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Kenneth Hutchings was hit by an artillery shell and, according to Wisden, killed instantly.
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Kenneth Hutchings's body was never recovered and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial.