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New Zealand cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Malcolm Rutherford (4 October 1886 – 17 August 1960) was a New Zealand lawyer and sportsman. He played nine first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1908–09 and 1913–14 seasons[1] and captained the Otago field hockey team.
Rutherford was born at Dunedin in 1886.[2] He studied law at the University of Otago in the city and played both cricket and hockey for the University club.[3] Described as a "well-known" cricketer,[4] he made his senior representative debut for the representative cricket team in a December 1908 Plunket Shield match against Auckland, making scores of 11 and 14 and taking one wicket in the match. He played twice more in top-class matches for the side during the season before making three appearances in 1909–10. His final three first-class matches came between the 1910–11 season and 1913–14. In total Rutherford scored 251 first-class runs and took 10 wickets for Otago.[5]
He was a member of the Otago Hockey Association committee and played regularly for the province's representative side.[6][7] Described as a "brilliant forward", he captained the provincial side against Southland during the 1911 season.[8]
Rutherford qualified as a solicitor and left Dunedin in 1912 to work as the managing clerk for ER Bowler at Gore in Southland in 1912.[8] He was admitted to the bar later in the year.[9] By 1921 he was working at Milton to the south of Dunedin.[4] He died at Dunedin in 1960 at the age of 73.[1]
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