John Rutherford (Hampshire cricketer)

John Rutherford
Personal information
Full name
John Seymour Rutherford
Born(1890-02-27)27 February 1890
Highclere, Hampshire, England
Died14 April 1943(1943-04-14) (aged 53)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsArnold Rutherford (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 128
Batting average 9.14
100s/50s –/–
Top score 33*
Balls bowled 198
Wickets 3
Bowling average 36.66
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/4
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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, he was born in February 1892 at Highclere, Hampshire. He was educated at Repton School. 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, scoring 128 runs at an average of 9.14, with a highest score of 33 not out. With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he also took three wickets. Rutherford served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Hampshire Regiment in September 1914. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health in September 1916 and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant. Following the war, he gained employment as a solicitors clerk. Rutherford died at Oxford in April 1943. His brother, Arnold, was also a first-class cricketer.