Philip Hutchinson (25 January 1862 – 30 September 1925) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in South Africa in 1889.

Philip Hutchinson
Personal information
Born(1862-01-25)25 January 1862
West Dean, Sussex, England
Died30 September 1925(1925-09-30) (aged 63)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 3)12 March 1889 v England
Last Test25 March 1889 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test
Matches 2
Runs scored 14
Batting average 3.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 11
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2022

Hutchinson was born in West Dean, Sussex, and attended St Edward's School, Oxford, from 1878 to 1880.[1] In three years in the school's cricket team he took 253 wickets at an average of 6. He migrated to South Africa in about 1885.[2]

Hutchinson made 29, the top score on either side, when Natal lost to the touring R. G. Warton's XI in early February 1889. He also took 2 for 14 from 18 four-ball overs.[3] He was selected to play for South Africa in both Test matches a few weeks later, but along with most of his teammates he was not successful, scoring only 14 runs in four innings and not bowling.[4] Those two matches were the extent of his first-class cricket career.[5]

Hutchinson and his wife Annie Elizabeth lived near Umzimkhulu in what was then known loosely as Griqualand East but is now in the southern part of KwaZulu-Natal. He died in September 1925, aged 63, at a nursing home in Durban.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Thorn, P. R. (1997). "Public school cricketers: St Edward's School, Oxford". The Cricket Statistician (97): 34. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Philip Hutchinson (1878-1880)". St Edward's Rhubarb: 14. 2018.
  3. ^ "Natal v RG Warton's XI 1888-89". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Philip Hutchinson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Philip Hutchinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1946". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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