Clarrie Scrutton

Clarrie Scrutton
Clarrie Scrutton
Personal information
Full name	Clarence Scrutton
Born	26 March 1899; Terowie, South Australia
Died	24 September 1982 (aged 83); Adelaide, South Australia
Original team	Kenilworth
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club
1922–1929	Sturt
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	South Australia
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Career highlights
	Sturt premiership 1926; 3x Sturt Best and Fairest 1925, 1926, 1928; Sturt Team of the Century (Wing);
	Source: AustralianFootball.com
	Show more

Clarrie Scrutton (26 March 1899 – 24 September 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).^[1]

On 5 May 1923, Clarrie, alongside Stan and Gordon became part of the first trio of brothers to play for Sturt at the same time.^[2]

References

^ Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
^ "Scrutton Brothers - Three Play For Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 26 May 1923. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1899 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

v t e Sturt Football Club • 1926 SAFL premiers
Sturt 9.10 (64) defeated North Adelaide 7.9 (51), at Adelaide Oval, 2 October 1926, crowd: 40,000
Full-forward	Gordon Scrutton Jack Smith Charlie Whitehead
Half-forward	Victor Cave Keith Jackson Horrie Riley
Centre	Clarrie Scrutton Vic Richardson Allen Rau
Half-back	Maurice Hutton Harold McGaffin Horrie Leaker
Full-back	Jack Wadham Frank Golding (c) Arthur Weller
Ruck	Reg Whitehead (vc) Bill Martin Norman Barron

v t e Sturt Football Club • Team of the Century
Full-forward	"Taffy" Waye P.T. (Bo) Morton Norman Barron
Half-forward	Michael Graham John Halbert Tony Goodchild
Centre	Tony Burgan Vic Richardson Clarrie Scrutton
Half-back	Bob Shearman Len Fitzgerald Rick Schoff
Full-back	Brenton Adcock Frank Golding Horrie Riley
Ruck	Rick Davies Paul Bagshaw Gil Langley
Interchange	"Vic" Cumberland Bill Mayman Peter Motley Bert Renfrey
Coach	Jack Oatey

v t e South Australian squad – 1925 Interstate Matches
South Australia 8.9 (57) defeated Western Australia 7.12 (54), at Subiaco Oval, 21 June 1925 South Australia 11.11 (77) defeated Victoria 11.8 (74), at Adelaide Oval, 4 July 1925 Victoria 12.16 (88) defeated South Australia 11.9 (75), at Melbourne Cricket Ground , 15 August 1925
Captain: Golding Vice-Captain: Moriarty Allingham Bampton Barron Bent Chaplin Daly Dayman Handby Jackson Lee Lill Lloyd Lock McGregor Oaten O'Grady Oliver Potts Ryan Scott Scrutton Stephens Townley Whitehead