Arthur Cutler (cricketer)
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Full name | Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand | 17 January 1913||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 August 1997 Invercargill, New Zealand | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Ash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1938-39 to 1946-47 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 December 2020 |
Arthur Sydney Hamilton "Ash" Cutler (17 January 1913 – 27 August 1997) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between 1938 and 1947.[1]
Life and career[]
A middle-order batsman, Cutler played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup from 1929 to 1937. He scored a century when Manawatu beat Taranaki to regain the title in December 1934; no other batsman on either side reached 50.[2] He left Palmerston North in February 1937 to take up a position as teacher in charge of a school in the Southland Region.[3]
Cutler married Flora Browne in Invercargill in December 1940.[4] He served overseas in the New Zealand Infantry Brigade during World War II as a second lieutenant.[5]
Cutler's best first-class match for Otago was in the 1939-40 Plunket Shield, when he scored 51 and 33 against Auckland.[6] In a low-scoring drawn two-day match in 1944–45, playing for Southland against Otago, Cutler scored 49 and 44; no other Southland batsman exceeded 17.[7] He scored a century for Southland against Otago in 1946–47.[8]
He umpired 13 first-class matches in Dunedin between 1965 and 1974. He also umpired the second unofficial Test between New Zealand and Australia in 1969-70 at Lancaster Park in Christchurch.[9] He umpired the second List A match in New Zealand, a match of 36 eight-ball overs each between Otago and the touring MCC in February 1971.[10]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Arthur Cutler". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Taranaki v Manawatu 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Valedictory". Manawatu Standard: 10. 13 February 1937.
- ^ "Wedding". Manawatu Standard: 9. 9 January 1941.
- ^ "Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Auckland v Otago 1939-40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Otago and Southland draw". Otago Daily Times: 11. 4 December 1944.
- ^ "Otago v Southland 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Ash Cutler as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Otago v MCC 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
External links[]
- 1913 births
- 1997 deaths
- New Zealand cricketers
- Otago cricketers
- Cricketers from Palmerston North
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II
- New Zealand cricket umpires