Ken Suttle was primarily a left-handed batsman but was also a useful slow left-arm bowler. His
first-class career with
Sussex lasted from 1949 to 1971. He played in 612 first-class matches. This included an unbroken sequence of 423 consecutive
County Championship matches between 1954 and 1969, which is still the record number. Suttle was a quick-footed, unorthodox batsman, endlessly fidgeting at the crease between deliveries. He made 30225 first-class runs at an average of 31.09, with 49 centuries, reaching 1000 runs in 17 successive seasons from 1953 to 1969. He took 266 wickets at 32.80, with best innings figures of 6 for 64 against
Worcestershire in 1970. He played in 55
List A one-day matches, and was a member of the Sussex side which won the
Gillette Cup in 1963 and 1964 (the first two years of the competition). He won the
Man of the Match award in a quarter-final of the Gillette Cup in 1968, scoring 100 in a seven-run victory for Sussex over
Northamptonshire. He toured the
West Indies with
England in 1953-54, but never played in a
Test. He stands equal third with
Les Berry in the list of players with most first-class runs not to have played a Test. After leaving Sussex he played for
Suffolk for two seasons, ran an equipment shop, then coached at
Christ's Hospital. He umpired a handful of first-class university matches in 1983. ==Outside cricket==