Arthur Sutton
James Arthur Sutton is a former English cricketer. Sutton was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Longsight, Lancashire.
Sutton made his debut for Cheshire [County Cricket Club|Cheshire] in the 1959 Minor Counties Championship against the Warwickshire Second XI. He played Minor counties of [English and Welsh cricket|Minor counties] cricket for Cheshire from 1959 to 1987, including 238 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 14 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1964, he made his List A debut for Cheshire against Surrey in the Gillette Cup. He made seven further List A appearances for Cheshire, with his final List A match coming against Surrey in the 1986 NatWest Trophy. In his eight List A matches for Cheshire, he scored 84 runs at a batting average of 12.00, with a high score of 18. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 38.60, with best figures of 3/29 which came against Norfolk in the 1968 Gillette Cup. Sutton served as the Cheshire captain from 1977 to 1986.
Playing for a Minor County, Sutton played a number of games for combined Minor Counties teams. It was for the Minor Counties cricket team that he made his first-class for against the touring West Indians. He played three further first-class matches for the team, the last coming in 1972 against the touring Australians. In those four matches, he scored 164 runs at a batting average of 20.50, with a single half century high score of 57 which came against the touring New Zealanders in 1969. With the ball he took 4 wickets at an average of 49.25, with best figures of 2/44. In the 1975 [Benson & Hedges Cup], he played a single List A match for Minor Counties North against Lancashire, in which he scored 54 runs. He also took a single wicket in this match, that of Lancashire captain David Lloyd.
Sutton also played for the Lancashire Second XI in 1957.