Arthur Cutler (cricketer)

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]

Arthur Cutler

Personal information
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1938-39 to 1946-47	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 211 Batting average 16.23 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 51 Balls bowled 12 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 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 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

• List of Otago representative cricketers

References

1. "Arthur Cutler". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
2. "Taranaki v Manawatu 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. "Valedictory". Manawatu Standard: 10. 13 February 1937.
4. "Wedding". Manawatu Standard: 9. 9 January 1941.
5. "Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
6. "Auckland v Otago 1939-40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
7. "Otago and Southland draw". Otago Daily Times: 11. 4 December 1944.
8. "Otago v Southland 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
9. "Ash Cutler as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
10. "Otago v MCC 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

External links

• Arthur Cutler at ESPNcricinfo