Robert Sutton (cricketer, born 1940)
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Romford, Essex, England
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| Full name | Robert Edwin Sutton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1940 Romford, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958/59–1973/74 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Edwin Sutton (born 30 May 1940) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 56 first-class matches, most of them for Auckland, between 1958 and 1974.[1]
Sutton was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and tail-end batsman.[2] He was for some years considered a bowler of Test potential,[3][4][5] and was selected for teams of young New Zealand players against touring Test teams three times in the 1960s, but was never selected in the Test team.[6] He took his best figures of 7 for 64 and 2 for 35 when Auckland defeated Wellington in the final game of the 1963–64 Plunket Shield, giving Auckland a narrow victory in the tournament.[7] In the 1962–63 Plunket Shield he took 6 for 14 and 2 for 20 (match figures of 33.4–19–34–8) in an innings victory over Otago.[8]
