About
International cricket legend who scored nearly 7,000 Test runs at an average over 56 in his 18 years representing his country.
Before Fame
He started his junior cricket career with the Pudsey St. Lawrence Cricket Club at age 12.
Trivia
He played domestically for Marylebone Cricket Club and Yorkshire Country Cricket Club. He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs in his career.
Family Life
He married Dorothy Mary Dennis on September 16, 1939.
Associated With
He scored a world-record 364 runs in a Test against Australia in 1938. The record stood for about 20 years, until Gary Sobers scored 365 not out.
