Jack Hutcheon

John Silvester Hutcheon CBE QC (5 April 1882 – 18 June 1957) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1905 to 1910. He was later a prominent cricket administrator and barrister.[1]

Jack Hutcheon
Personal information
Full nameJohn Silvester Hutcheon
Born(1882-04-05)5 April 1882
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Died18 June 1957(1957-06-18) (aged 75)
Albion Heights, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsErnest Hutcheon (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905-06 to 1910-11Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 599
Batting average 24.95
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 73
Balls bowled 54
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 15/0
Source: CricketArchive, 8 July 2019

Life and career

Jack Hutcheon was born in Toowoomba, where he attended Toowoomba Grammar School.[1] He moved to Brisbane in 1901, and played as a batsman for the state team for five years in the years before Queensland competed in the Sheffield Shield. His highest first-class score came in his last season, 1910–11, when he captained Queensland to a 66-run victory over Victoria, scoring 20 and 73, Queensland's highest score in the match.[2] Playing for Queensland against a Northern Rivers team in 1908-09 he scored 259 not out in 169 minutes in a team total of 828.[3] He was invited to tour New Zealand with the Australian team in 1909-10 but declined as he was unable to take the necessary time off.[4]

In 1911 he went to England to further his legal studies. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1914, and practised as a barrister when he returned to Australia shortly afterwards.[1][4] He was appointed King's Counsel in 1944 and was president of the Queensland Bar Association from 1952 to 1957.[4]

Hutcheon was elected to the Queensland Cricket Association executive committee in 1919 and became its chairman in 1920 and president in 1926, a position he held until his death in 1957.[1][5] An unflagging enthusiast for the interests of Queensland cricket, he was one of the major factors behind Queensland's admission to the Sheffield Shield in 1926-27 and Brisbane's accession to Test-ground status in 1928-29.[5] He was appointed CBE in 1956 for services to cricket.[4]

Hutcheon represented Australia at lacrosse in 1907.[1] He was president of the Queensland Lacrosse Association from 1925 to 1949 and of the Australian Lacrosse Council from 1939 to 1946.[4] He also represented Queensland at table tennis.[3]

Personal life

He married Mabel Mary Wilkinson in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, in 1907. They had two sons, one of whom predeceased him.[4]

References
  1. The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 259–60.
  2. "Victoria v Queensland 1910-11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Reid, R. W. (13 September 1947). "They can't beat his tally". The Telegraph: 7.
  4. P. J. Mullins, "Hutcheon, John Silvester (1882–1957)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1996.
  5. A. G. Moyes, Australian Cricket: A History, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, pp. 71–72.
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