Edward Rutter

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]

Key Information

Personal information
Born	(1842-08-03)3 August 1842 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Died	4 February 1926(1926-02-04) (aged 83) Halliford, Middlesex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	Frederick Rutter (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1862–1876	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 45 Runs scored 733 Batting average 11.27 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 64 Balls bowled 7,073 Wickets 183 Bowling average 17.81 5 wickets in innings 15 10 wickets in match 5 Best bowling 7/47 Catches/stumpings 29/0
Competition	First-class
Matches	45
Runs scored	733
Batting average	11.27
100s/50s	0/3
Top score	64
Balls bowled	7,073
Wickets	183
Bowling average	17.81
5 wickets in innings	15
10 wickets in match	5
Best bowling	7/47
Catches/stumpings	29/0
Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2023
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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]