Frank Hutchison | |
Country: | New Zealand |
Fullname: | Frank Copland Hutchison |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1897 |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Wanganui, New Zealand |
Club1: | Otago |
Club2: | Wanganui |
Year2: | 1923/24–1927/28 |
Date: | 14 May |
Year: | 2016 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37463.html ESPNcricinfo |
Frank Copland Hutchison (25 January 1897 - 17 December 1990) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played six first-class cricket matches for Otago, three in each of the 1917–18 and 1919–20 seasons.[1]
Hutchison was born at Dunedin in 1897 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[2] He made his first-class debut for Otago in a December 1917 match against Canterbury at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch before playing in both of Otago's other first-class matches during the season. His other three first-class appearances came in Otago's first three representative matches in the 1919–20 season. Playing as a batsman, Hutchison scored a total of 144 runs with a highest score of 85, his only first-class half-century.[3]
A medical doctor by profession, Hutchison played Hawke Cup cricket for Wanganui from the 1923–24 season to 1927–28.[2] [3] As well as cricket he played representative rugby union for Otago and Wellington and golf for Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu. He was the national veterans golf champion.[2]
Hutchison died at Wanganui in 1990. He was aged 93.[1]