with Hutton in Tests was 60. In 1954, Washbrook was appointed Lancashire's first ever professional captain, a role he held on until 1959, when he was awarded a second benefit, which raised £1,520. Washbrook was appointed a Test selector in 1956. After England had lost the Second Test against Australia at Lord's, to go one-nil down in the five match series, the 41-year-old was asked by his fellow selectors to leave the room. When he returned, they asked him if he would play in the Third Test at Headingley. Washbrook made 98, sharing a stand of 187 with Peter May, after England had been reduced to 17 for three. England won the game, and Washbrook stayed in the team, scoring just 6 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford, in which Jim Laker took his record-breaking 19 wickets as England went two-one up. The Fifth Test at The Oval saw Washbrook's last Test innings, a duck, but with the game drawn, England had won the Ashes. From 1989 to 1990, Washbrook was president of Lancashire. He was appointed CBE in the 1991 Birthday Honours. Washbrook died in Sale, Greater Manchester, at the age of 84. References External links 1914 births 1999 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 Lancashire cricketers Lancashire cricket captains Royal Air Force cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year People educated at Bridgnorth Endowed School People from Clitheroe Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the British Empire England cricket team selectors Players cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers North v South cricketers 20th-century British businesspeople Royal Air Force Physical Training instructors