Ronald Moore Dutton (24 November 1902 – 25 March 1999) was an English cricketer. Dutton was a left-handed batsman who bowled with his left-arm, though his exact bowling style is unknown. He was born at Tattenhall, Cheshire, and was educated at Oakham School.

Ronald Dutton
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Moore Dutton
Born(1902-11-24)24 November 1902
Tattenhall, Cheshire, England
Died25 March 1999(1999-03-25) (aged 96)
Jersey
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm (unknown style)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936–1937Minor Counties
1926–1951Cheshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 160
Batting average 40.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 56
Balls bowled 78
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 May 2012

Dutton made his debut in county cricket for Cheshire against Staffordshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship. Prior to the start of World War II in 1939, Dutton made 73 appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] In 1936, he was selected to play a first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against Oxford University at the University Parks.[2] Batting first, the Minor Counties made 251 all out, with Dutton scoring 44 runs before he was dismissed by Tristan Ballance. In response, Oxford University made 288 all out, to which the Minor Counties then responded to in their second-innings with 294 all out, with Dutton dismissed by Bill Murray-Wood for 56. The match ended as a draw.[3] He made a second first-class appearance for the team the following year against the same opponents and at the same venue.[2] The Minor Counties once again batted first, making 195 all out, with Dutton being dismissed for 26 by Ballance. Oxford University then made 307 all out in their first-innings, before the Minor Counties responded with 257 all out in their second-innings, with Dutton being dismissed once more by Ballance, this time for 34. Oxford University reached 146/4 in their second-innings, winning by 6 wickets.[4] Following the war, he returned to playing minor counties cricket for Cheshire, making five further appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Second XI in 1951.[1]

Outside of cricket he worked as a solicitor in Chester, in partnership at one point with a firm called Mason & Moore Dutton.[5] He died at Jersey, on 25 March 1999.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Herbert Hodgson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Ronald Dutton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1936". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  5. ^ "No. 41625". The London Gazette. 6 February 1959. p. 948.
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