Ronald Rutter

Ronald Howard Rutter (13 July 1910 – 8 August 1974) was an English cricketer. Rutter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire and was educated at Tonbridge School, where he represented the school cricket team.[1]

Rutter made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1928 to 1947, making 82 appearances.[2] This enabled him to play for the combined Minor Counties cricket team, it was for them that he made his first-class debut for against Lancashire in 1929. He played a further 3 first-class matches for the team, the last coming in 1936 against the touring Indians.[3] He also made 2 further first-class appearances during his career, which came for the Marylebone Cricket Club, both times against Cambridge University in 1932 and 1933.[3]

In total, Rutter played 7 first-class matches. In these he scored 66 runs at a batting average of 11.00, with a high score of 37*. With the ball he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 31.38, with best figures of 3/27.[4]