Erection date: 1993
{Top left, above the coat of arms worn by England cricket team:}
Sir Leonard Hutton
Unveiled by Hutton's widow.
SE11, Kennington Oval, John Edrich Gate
We'd guess that the diagram plaque was created soon after the record-breaking innings and had been on display elsewhere until it was moved here to complement the brick sculpture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture
Cricketer. Born Yorkshire. Played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire 1934-55...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture
One of eighteen first-class county cricket clubs in England and Wales. It rep...
Born Coventry. Apprenticed to Eric Gill. Often worked in brick. Died Kenilwor...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture
We assume that if one added all the digits together the total would be 364 ru...
The "save the Oval" campaign was not, as we first thought, made necessary by ...
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
Presumably Da Mihi Animas was the school moto, Latin for 'Give me souls'. Love the cardinal's hat at the top.
This 1940-67 NLS map shows a 'picture theatre (disused)' at number 24 (now flat-fronted post-war shops), and at Cinema Treasures we found...
The sculpture shows a WSPU prisoners' badge. This was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst - see there for more information about it.
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
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