| Arthur Cutler | |
| Fullname: | Arthur Sydney Hamilton Cutler |
| Nickname: | Ash |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 211 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.23 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 51 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 9 December |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36800.html Cricinfo |
Arthur Sydney Hamilton "Ash" Cutler (17 January 1913 - 27 August 1997) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between 1938 and 1947.[1] Later he was a first-class umpire.
A middle-order batsman, Cutler played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup from 1929 to 1937. He scored a century when Manawatu beat Taranaki to regain the title in December 1934; no other batsman on either side reached 50.[2] He left Palmerston North in February 1937 to take up a position as teacher in charge of a school in the Southland Region.[3]
Cutler married Flora Browne in Invercargill in December 1940.[4] He worked as a schoolteacher[5] and served overseas in the New Zealand Infantry Brigade during World War II as a second lieutenant.[6]
Cutler's best first-class match for Otago was in the 1939–40 Plunket Shield, when he scored 51 and 33 against Auckland.[7] In a low-scoring drawn two-day match in 1944–45, playing for Southland against Otago, Cutler scored 49 and 44; no other Southland batsman exceeded 17.[8] He scored a century for Southland against Otago in 1946–47.[9]
Cutler umpired 13 first-class matches in Dunedin between 1965 and 1974. He also umpired the second unofficial Test between New Zealand and Australia in 1969–70 at Lancaster Park in Christchurch.[10] He umpired the second List A match in New Zealand, a match of 36 eight-ball overs each between Otago and the touring MCC in February 1971.[11]
Cutler died at Invercargill in 1997 aged 84. An obituary was published in the following year's New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[5]