# Ken Suttle
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ken Suttle
| image = File:Ken Suttle.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Kenneth George Suttle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Hammersmith](/source/Hammersmith), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|3|25|1928|8|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [Port Louis](/source/Port_Louis), [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 612
| runs1 = 30225
| bat avg1 = 31.09
| 100s/50s1 = 49/156
| top score1 = 204[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries1 = 21186
| wickets1 = 266
| bowl avg1 = 32.80
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6-64
| catches/stumpings1= 384/3
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 55
| runs2 = 1075
| bat avg2 = 22.39
| 100s/50s2 = 2/3
| top score2 = 104
| deliveries2 = 738
| wickets2 = 16
| bowl avg2 = 28.18
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 4-24
| catches/stumpings2= 12/-
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33137/33137.html CricketArchive
| date =
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| position = [Winger](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1 = 1947–1948
| youthclubs1 = [Worthing](/source/Worthing_F.C.)
| years1 = 1948
| clubs1 = [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.)
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1948–1949
| clubs2 = [Brighton & Hove Albion](/source/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C.)
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = –
| clubs3 = [Chelmsford City](/source/Chelmsford_City_F.C.)
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'''Kenneth George Suttle''' (25 August 1928 – 25 March 2005) was an [English](/source/English_people) [cricketer](/source/cricketer).
==Cricket career==
Ken Suttle was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm bowler. His [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) career with [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) lasted from 1949 to 1971. He played in 612 first-class matches. This included an unbroken sequence of 423 consecutive [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) matches between 1954 and 1969, which is still the record number.[{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149816.html |title=Symonds smashes 16 sixes |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 August 2017 |accessdate=25 August 2017}}]
Suttle was a quick-footed, unorthodox batsman, endlessly fidgeting at the crease between deliveries.[''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 2006, pp. 1531–32.] He made 30225 first-class runs at an average of 31.09, with 49 centuries, reaching 1000 runs in 17 successive seasons from 1953 to 1969.[ In 1962 he scored more than 2000 runs in the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship), and made his highest score of 204 [not out](/source/not_out) against [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club).][''Wisden'' 1963, p. 612.] He took 266 wickets at 32.80, with best innings figures of 6 for 64 against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1970.[{{cite web |title=Worcestershire v Sussex 1970 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31011.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=15 July 2020}}]
He played in 55 [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) one-day matches, and was a member of the Sussex side which won the [Gillette Cup](/source/Gillette_Cup_(England)) in 1963 and 1964 (the first two years of the competition). He won the [Man of the Match](/source/Man_of_the_Match) award in a quarter-final of the Gillette Cup in 1968, scoring 100 in a seven-run victory for Sussex over [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club).[{{cite web |title=Sussex v Northamptonshire 1968 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1968/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/SUSSEX_NORTHANTS_GLTE_03JUL1968.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=15 July 2020}}]
He toured the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) with [England in 1953-54](/source/English_cricket_team_in_West_Indies_in_1953-54), but never played in a [Test](/source/Test_cricket). He stands equal third with [Les Berry](/source/Les_Berry) in the list of players with most first-class runs not to have played a Test.[{{cite web |last1=Basevi |first1=Travis and George Binoy |title=Flying first class |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23009249 |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=15 July 2020}}]
After leaving Sussex he played for [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club) for two seasons, ran an equipment shop, then coached at [Christ's Hospital](/source/Christ's_Hospital). He umpired a handful of first-class university matches in 1983.[
==Outside cricket==
Suttle was educated at [Worthing High School](/source/Worthing_High_School%2C_West_Sussex).][{{cite web |title=Ken Suttle |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33137/33137.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=15 July 2020}}] In the 1950s he played [football](/source/soccer) as well as cricket. He made three first-team appearances as a [winger](/source/Midfielder) for [Brighton & Hove Albion FC](/source/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_FC) in 1949.[ He was player/manager of [Arundel F.C.](/source/Arundel_F.C.) when they won consecutive Sussex County League Division One titles in the 1957/58 and 1958/59 seasons.
He died in 2005 while on holiday in [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius).][
==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=21139}}
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