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Full name | Robert Edwin Sutton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Romford, Essex, England | 30 May 1940|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1958/59–1973/74 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,7 April 2025 |
Robert Edwin Sutton (born 30 May 1940) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 56 first-class matches for Auckland between 1958 and 1974. [1]
Sutton was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and tail-end batsman. [2] He was for some years considered a bowler of Test potential, [3] [4] [5] and was selected for teams of young New Zealand players against touring Test teams three times in the 1960s,but was never selected in the Test team. [6] He took his best figures of 7 for 64 and 2 for 35 when Auckland defeated Wellington in the final game of the 1963–64 Plunket Shield,giving Auckland a narrow victory in the tournament. [7]