[1] Len Braund was an all-rounder, a versatile batsman who could defend or attack according to the needs of the game and a leg break bowler who used variation more than accuracy to take wickets.

[7] Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1902,[4] Braund played all five matches in The Ashes series that season and was involved in many of the crucial incidents in a very close contest.

He caught Clem Hill at Edgbaston off George Herbert Hirst by running from slip round to the leg side.

At Old Trafford, he came in with England at 44 for five wickets and scored 65, putting on 141 with Stanley Jackson; in the same match, he was the bowler off whom Fred Tate missed a skied catch from Joe Darling that enabled Australia to win by three runs.

[2] A convivial man who enjoyed drinking and horse-racing, Braund was beset by ill-health in his later life and had both legs amputated during the Second World War.