| Edward Rutter | |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Halliford, Middlesex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Family: | Frederick Rutter (brother) |
| Club1: | Middlesex |
| Year1: | 1862–1876 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 45 |
| Runs1: | 733 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.27 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
| Top Score1: | 64 |
| Deliveries1: | 7,073 |
| Wickets1: | 183 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 17.81 |
| Fivefor1: | 15 |
| Tenfor1: | 5 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 29/0 |
| Date: | 25 May 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-rutter-19888 Cricinfo |
Edward Rutter (3 August 1842 – 4 February 1926) was an English cricketer who played 45 matches of first-class cricket between 1862 and 1876 for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1]
Rutter was educated at Rugby School. He was a member of the committee that drafted the rules for Rugby union.[2]
Although he was a free-hitting right-handed batsman, Rutter was more prominent as a slow left-handed round-arm bowler.[2] Playing for Middlesex against Kent at Gravesend in 1868 he had a match analysis of 11 for 123.[3] When Surrey beat Middlesex by three wickets in 1870, he took every Surrey wicket that fell in the second innings, finishing with 7 for 47.[4]
He wrote a memoir, Cricket Memories, which was published in 1925, the year before he died.[2]