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Full name | John Seymour Rutherford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Highclere, Hampshire, England | 27 February 1890||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 April 1943 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 53)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Arnold Rutherford (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1913 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2010 |
John Seymour Rutherford (27 February 1890 — 14 April 1943) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of the soldier J. A. Rutherford,[1] he was born in February 1892 at Highclere, Hampshire. He was educated at Repton School.[1] Rutherford played first-class cricket for Hampshire in the 1913 County Championship, making his debut against Derbyshire at Southampton. He made a further seven appearances that season,[2] scoring 128 runs at an average of 9.14, with a highest score of 33 not out.[3] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he also took three wickets.[4] Rutherford served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Hampshire Regiment in September 1914.[5] He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health in September 1916 and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant.[6][7] Following the war, he gained employment as a solicitors clerk.[8] Rutherford died at Oxford in April 1943.[9] His brother, Arnold, was also a first-class cricketer.