Kenneth Hutchings

Kenneth Hutchings

Hutchings photographed by George Beldam in about 1905
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings
Born	(1882-12-07)7 December 1882 Southborough, Kent, England
Died	3 September 1916(1916-09-03) (aged 33) Ginchy, Somme, France
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Relations	Frederick Hutchings (brother) William Hutchings (brother)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 155)	13 December 1907 v Australia
Last Test	11 August 1909 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1902–1912	Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 7 207 Runs scored 341 10,054 Batting average 28.41 33.62 100s/50s 1/1 22/56 Top score 126 176 Balls bowled 90 1,439 Wickets 1 24 Bowling average 81.00 39.08 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/5 4/15 Catches/stumpings 9/– 179/–
Source: CricInfo, 29 December 2008
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1916
Unit	12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment
Battles / wars	First World War Battle of the Somme Battle of Guillemont  †

Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings (7 December 1882 – 3 September 1916) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1902 and 1912. He 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. He was chosen as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1907. Hutchings was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme whilst serving with the King's Liverpool Regiment in 1916.^[1]