Pudsey Legends - guess the Legend

 A young face, and a stellar career to come. Can you name this Pudsey Legend?



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  1. AnonymousMarch 24, 2024 at 2:36 PM

    Len Hutton

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    1. AnonymousMarch 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM

      Good guess, although this player became an opening partner and mentor to the young Len.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM

    Herbert Sutcliffe

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    1. Damon SugdenMarch 25, 2024 at 12:42 PM

      Well done - yes its Herbert in the Britannia first XI

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  3. AnonymousMarch 29, 2024 at 7:41 AM

    Years ago my brother won 6d by correctly naming the place he was born. His obituary in The Times said, wrongly , he was born in Pudsey.

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  4. AnonymousApril 1, 2024 at 2:52 AM

    Herbert Suttcliffe

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  5. AnonymousApril 1, 2024 at 8:24 AM

    My Dad Charlie Brown played at the Britannia in the Sunday School League in the 1930's and he once told me that he knew Herbert Sutcliffe.

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