Despite their defeat Conquering it was two English players who dominated Control the series ; Len Hutton `` a Titan among the minnows '' made 533 runs ( 88.83 ) with an average double that of any other batsman , English or Australian .

England were captained by Len Hutton , the first professional cricketer to lead an MCC tour of Australia .

The England team , however , had several notable players themselves , including Len Hutton , Denis Compton and Alec Bedser .