{{short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Arthur Sutton | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = James Arthur Sutton | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|6|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Longsight, Lancashire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = | club1 = Minor Counties North | year1 = 1975 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Minor Counties | year2 = 1969–1972 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Cheshire | year3 = 1959–1987 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 164 | bat avg1 = 20.50 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 57 | deliveries1 = 438 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 49.25 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/44 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 138 | bat avg2 = 17.25 | 100s/50s2 = –/1 | top score2 = 54 | deliveries2 = 493 | wickets2 = 6 | bowl avg2 = 36.66 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 3/29 | catches/stumpings2 = 2/– | date = 9 April | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21143.html Cricinfo }}

'''James Arthur Sutton''' (born 26 June 1939) is a former English cricketer. Sutton was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Longsight, Lancashire.

Sutton made his debut for Cheshire in the 1959 Minor Counties Championship against the Warwickshire Second XI. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1959 to 1987, including 238 Minor Counties Championship matches.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> and 14 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> In 1964, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Surrey in the Gillette Cup. He made seven further List A appearances for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Surrey in the 1986 NatWest Trophy.<ref name = "LAM">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> In his eight List A matches for Cheshire, he scored 84 runs at a batting average of 12.00, with a high score of 18.<ref name = "LAB">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 38.60, with best figures of 3/29<ref name = "LABA">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> which came against Norfolk in the 1968 Gillette Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29349.html|title=Cheshire v Norfolk, 1968 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> Sutton served as the Cheshire captain from 1977 to 1986.

Playing for a Minor County, Sutton played a number of games for combined Minor Counties teams. It was for the Minor Counties cricket team that he made his first-class for against the touring West Indians. He played three further first-class matches for the team, the last coming in 1972 against the touring Australians.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> In those four matches, he scored 164 runs at a batting average of 20.50, with a single half century high score of 57<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> which came against the touring New Zealanders in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30343.html|title=Minor Counties v New Zealanders, 1969|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> With the ball he took 4 wickets at an average of 49.25, with best figures of 2/44.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Sutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref> In the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup, he played a single List A match for Minor Counties North against Lancashire,<ref name = "LAM"/> in which he scored 54 runs.<ref name = "LAB"/> He also took a single wicket in this match, that of Lancashire captain David Lloyd.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35099.html|title=Minor Counties North v Lancashire, 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref>

Sutton also played for the Lancashire Second XI in 1957.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/all_teams.html|title=Teams Arthur Sutton played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21143.html Arthur Sutton] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33141/33141.html Arthur Sutton] at CricketArchive

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