Arthur Cutler (cricketer)
New Zealand cricketer
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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] Later he was a first-class umpire.
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Invercargill, New Zealand
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| Full name | Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1913 Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 August 1997 (aged 84) Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938/39–1946/47 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 December 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 team 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 worked as a schoolteacher[5] and served overseas in the New Zealand Infantry Brigade during World War II as a second lieutenant.[6]
Cutler's best first-class match for Otago was in the 1939–40 Plunket Shield, when he scored 51 and 33 against Auckland.[7] 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.[8] He scored a century for Southland against Otago in 1946–47.[9]
Cutler 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.[10] 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.[11]
Cutler died at Invercargill in 1997 aged 84. An obituary was published in the following year's New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[5]