William Billy Herbert Hobbs Sutcliffe was an English amateur firstclass cricketer, and the son of Herbert Sutcliffe his middle name was in honour of Jack Hobbs.
Sutcliffe was born in Pudsey, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Playing as a righthanded batsman and occasional medium and leg break bowler, he made his debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1948, and retired from the firstclass game in 1959. In 210 firstclass matches, he scored 7,530 runs, with a career best score of 181 against Kent in 1952, at an average of 26.42. He scored six centuries in all, including 171 not out against Worcestershire and 161 not out against Glamorgan. Bob Appleyard recalled that Sutcliffe batted with apoundsounces bat, which had to be specially made as it was considered very heavy in its day.
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