Career
A science and mathematics graduate from the University of Western Australia, Jack Rutherford was a right-handed opening batsman, inclined to be defensive, and an occasional leg-break bowler who played for Western Australia from the 1952-1953 season. In a damp summer, though, he was not a success, scoring only 640 runs at an average of fewer than 23 runs per innings. But when the team was announced for the first Test, the Australians reverted to the first-choice opening pair of Colin McDonald and Jim Burke.
He scored 30 and also took the wicket of Vijay Manjrekar, but McDonald returned for the third match and Rutherford never played Test cricket again.
He played as a professional with Rishton in the Lancashire League in 1959, scoring 831 runs and taking 52 wickets. He reappeared in first-class cricket in 1960-1961, when he captained the state team to victory over the visiting West Indians, but he suffered a mild heart attack during the match and never played first-class cricket again.