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.
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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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Life and career
editA 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 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]
References
edit- ^ "Arthur Cutler". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Taranaki v Manawatu 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Valedictory". Manawatu Standard: 10. 13 February 1937.
- ^ "Wedding". Manawatu Standard: 9. 9 January 1941.
- ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ "Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Auckland v Otago 1939-40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Otago and Southland draw". Otago Daily Times: 11. 4 December 1944.
- ^ "Otago v Southland 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Ash Cutler as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Otago v MCC 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2020.