3 33 RPM Vinyl Records: 6 sides, total time 28 minutes 26 seconds

3 33 RPM vinyl records, 'Captain of England - A Tribute to Len Hutton by His Friends and Fellow Cricketers'. The programme is a tribute to Len Hutton by the BBC divided into 6 parts and narrated by L T J Arlott. Producer: BBC. Part 1: Arlott introduces the record, pays tribute to Hutton, and introduces the other speakers throughout the record who also give tributes to Hutton, including a Yorkshire gamekeeper Walter Flesher, Maurice Leyland and W E Bowes. Part 1 is 4 minutes 27 seconds long. Part 2: Bowes continues to talk about Hutton from Part 1, Arlott introduces R T D Perks who talk about playing against Hutton, and the side contains commentary by Howard Marshall of BBC describing Hutton's record-breaking innings for England against Australia in 1938. Part 2 is 4 minutes 55 seconds long. Part 3: Norman Yardley talks about captaining Hutton, E W Swanton talks about Hutton's status among the greatest batsman in English cricket history and assesses his performances as England captain. Part 3 is 4 minutes 50 seconds long. Part 4: Swanton continues to talk about Hutton's captaincy, Bowes talks about Hutton's performances for Yorkshire, A R Gover talks about Hutton's captaincy, L E G Ames talks about Hutton's attendance on the England Selection Committee. Part 4 is 4 minutes 35 seconds long. Part 5: A Yorkshire spectator Wilfred Pickles talks about his friendship with Hutton, D C S Compton talks about playing with Hutton, various speakers read out Hutton's statistics, and Hutton talks about being made captain of the 1954-1955 MCC team to tour Australia. Part 5 is 4 minutes 43 seconds long. Part 6: Hutton talks about his career and thanks the rest of the speakers on the recording, and pays tribute to G H Hirst, and M C Cowdrey talks about batting with Hutton for the first time in Australia in 1954-1955, and Arlott ends the recording by wishing Hutton luck for the Test series between England and South Africa in 1955 [though Hutton was unable to play in the Test series due to illness]. Part 6 is 4 minutes 56 seconds long.

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