Way back – probably in the eighties – for no particular reason, I waited outside the Pavilion at Lord’s well after play ended, watching the only other person around, a youngster in school uniform, collecting autographs as the occasional player came out.
At one stage a rather nondescript character in hat and overcoat appeared, and signed happily enough.
The man passed on, and as nothing else was happening, I asked the lad: “Who was that?”
He gazed at me, and replied with distinct scorn:
“Hutton.”
With much embarrassment, I managed to suggest that I had seen Yorkshire’s finest only in flannels, and did not recognise him in street clothes.
Murray Hedgecock is cricket writer for 'Wisden' and 'The Australian'.
Memory added on June 23, 2014
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