Edward Rutter
Birth date3 August 1842
Birth placeHillingdon, Middlesex, England
Death date4 February 1926 (aged 83)
Death placeHalliford, Middlesex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
FamilyFrederick Rutter (brother)
Club 1Middlesex
Year 11862–1876
Columns1
Column 1First-class
Matches 145
Runs 1733
Bat avg 111.27
100s/50s 10/3
Top score 164
Deliveries 17,073
Wickets 1183
Bowl avg 117.81
Fivefor 115
Tenfor 15
Best bowling 17/47
Catches/stumpings 129/0
Date25 May 2023
Sourcehttps://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-rutter-19888 Cricinfo

Edward Rutter (3 August 1842 – 4 February 1926) was an English cricketer who played 45 matches of first-class cricket between 1862 and 1876 for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1]

Rutter was educated at Rugby School. He was a member of the committee that drafted the rules for Rugby union.[2]

Although he was a free-hitting right-handed batsman, Rutter was more prominent as a slow left-handed round-arm bowler.[2] Playing for Middlesex against Kent at Gravesend in 1868 he had a match analysis of 11 for 123.[3] When Surrey beat Middlesex by three wickets in 1870, he took every Surrey wicket that fell in the second innings, finishing with 7 for 47.[4]

He wrote a memoir, Cricket Memories, which was published in 1925, the year before he died.[2]

References

  1. ^ Edward Rutter at CricketArchive
  2. ^ P. F. Warner, "Mr. E. Rutter", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1926, p. 47.
  3. ^ "Kent v Middlesex 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Surrey v Middlesex 1870". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2023.