Hugh Tryon Bartlett DFC (7 October 1914 – 26 June 1988) was an English cricketer who played as an attacking left-handed batsman for Sussex either side of World War II.
The bowlers were Bill Bowes, Hedley Verity, Frank Smailes, Emmott Robinson and Cyril Turner.
The last six was his final scoring shot as he tried to hit Smailes over long off and was caught by Maurice Leyland "with his heels on the boundary and left hand outstretched".
"I do not recall", wrote the Cricketer correspondent, "even Jessop treating professional bowling quite so roughly as he did in this innings".
With 1548 runs at 57.33, Bartlett finished fifth in the averages (behind Wally Hammond, Joe Hardstaff, Jr., Len Hutton and Eddie Paynter).
Immediately after his innings against Australia, when Arthur Fagg dropped out, Bartlett was added to the English team to tour South Africa that winter.
[4] A year later, he was selected for the planned Indian tour under the captaincy of Jack Holmes, but the Second World War led to its cancellation.
Bartlett commanded the 'A' squadron and took part in three major operations - the airborne assault at Normandy on the D-Day, the Battle of Arnhem, and the Rhine crossings.
[5] Legend has it that Bartlett's hair turned grey in a single night when he flew his commanding officer to Arnhem.
Having spent a week sleeping rough, he bumped into Bartlett on a Friday morning: "Williams, aren't you meant to be at Welford Road tomorrow playing for Great Britain against the Dominions?
Williams caught the last supply plane to RAF Brize Norton that night, and although the team didn't win he did score a try.
He collapsed and died while watching Sussex play Yorkshire in a Sunday League match at Hove in 1988.