Country: | England |
Fullname: | Robert Sutton |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1813 |
Birth Place: | Kelham, Nottinghamshire, England |
Death Place: | Scawby, Lincolnshire, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 5 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 5 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 31 March |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/548283.html Cricinfo |
Robert Sutton (1 May 1813 - 10 March 1885) was an English first-class cricketer and reverend.
The son of Robert Nassau Sutton and his wife, Mary Georgiana Manners-Sutton, at Kelham and was educated at Eton College.[1] [2] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Southwell against England at Southwell in 1846.[3] He batted once in the match, scoring 5 runs in the Gentlemen of Southwell's first-innings before he was dismissed by Jemmy Dean.[4] The following year he married Charlotte Nelthorpe, with the couple having eight children.[1] He was the rector at Bilsthorpe, as well as serving as a Justice of the Peace in Lindsey, Lincolnshire.[1]
He died in March 1885 at Scawby, Lincolnshire. His wife had predeceased him thirteen years previously.[1]