Kenneth George 'Ken' Suttle (born 25 August 1928 at Brook Green, Hammersmith, London; died 25 March 2005 while on holiday in Mauritius) was an English cricketer.
He 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.He made 30225 first-class runs at 31.09, with 49 centuries and a highest score of 204*, reaching 1000 runs in 17 successive seasons from 1953 to 1969.
He took 266 wickets at 32.80, with best innings figures of 6-64.
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 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 done so.
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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.
He made three first-team appearances as a winger for Brighton & Hove Albion FC in 1949.
Player/manager of Arundel FC when they won consecutive Sussex County League Division One titles in 1957/58 and 1958/59 seasons.