Education
Born in Mintaro, in the Clare Valley of South Australia, Hutton attended state school in Naracoorte, leaving at the age of 14 to work at a flour mill.
Born in Mintaro, in the Clare Valley of South Australia, Hutton attended state school in Naracoorte, leaving at the age of 14 to work at a flour mill.
A wicket-keeper, he was only to keep wicket for a small portion of the game, after being injured early. Outside of sports, he was prominent in South Australian agricultural circles, holding a position with the Australian Wheat Board. He was also a councillor for the City of Unley.
A wicket-keeper who played for Sturt at district level, his only first-class cricket match came against New South Wales in December 1905, played over three days at the Adelaide Oval.
While keeping wicket in New South Wales" first innings, he was hit by a fast ball from Hanson and had to leave the field, with his replacement, the Test batsman Algy Gehrs, effecting a stumping later in the innings. Hutton recorded eight runs in South Australia"s second innings total of 115 all out, with the team losing the match by an innings and 82 runs.
Hutton was one of three wicket-keepers South Australia used during the season"s four matches, none of whom played again at state level (the others were Philosophy Newland and Harwood Jarvis). Hutton later worked as a wheat salesman and grainbroker, and was also active in local government, sitting on the City of Unley council from 1932 to 1939.
In this capacity, he proposed the construction of a new A£10,000 town hall for Unley, which did not eventuate after meeting strong criticism from another councillor.
After retiring from the council he served as superintendent of the newly established Australian Wheat Board in South Australia. Hutton died at his residence in Millswood in October 1951. Another Hutton who played for South Australia during the 1905-1906 season, the New Zealand-born Henry Hutton, was apparently unrelated.