Jim Cutmore

James Albert "Jim" Cutmore (28 December 1898 – 30 November 1985) was an English first-class cricketer who spent his entire career with Essex County Cricket Club. Cutmore was primarily a middle-order batsman who played right-handed, making a total of almost 16,000 runs in 342 first-class matches at an average of 28.61; however, he also bowled on occasion, taking 11 wickets at an average of 62.45.

Jim Cutmore
Personal information
Full nameJames Albert Cutmore
Born(1898-12-28)28 December 1898
Walthamstow, Essex, England
Died30 November 1985(1985-11-30) (aged 86)
Brentwood, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924–1936Essex
First-class debut5 July 1924 Essex v Surrey
Last First-class17 June 1936 Essex v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 342
Runs scored 15,937
Batting average 28.61
100s/50s 15/88
Top score 238*
Balls bowled 961
Wickets 11
Bowling average 62.45
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/31
Catches/stumpings 121/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 June 2012

Cutmore was born in Walthamstow, Essex (now in the London Borough of Waltham Forest). He made his Essex debut on 5 July 1924 in a home match against Surrey in the 1924 County Championship; coming in at number 7, he made 18 runs in the first innings and 29 in the second, as well as taking the second-innings wicket of William Abel with one of the four balls he bowled in the innings; Surrey won the match by 5 wickets. As his career continued, Cutmore rose up the Essex batting line-up, even opening the innings on occasion; in 1927, he opened the batting in an away match against Gloucestershire at Greenbank and went on to make his career best score of 238 not out before Essex declared on 578/6. By the end of his career, Cutmore had settled near the top of the middle-order. His final appearance came on 17 June 1936, away to Yorkshire; with Essex batting second, Cutmore came in at number 3 and made 21 runs before being trapped LBW by Bill Bowes; in the second innings, he opened the batting, but this time made only 13 runs before he was caught by Arthur Mitchell off the bowling of Hedley Verity.

Cutmore died in Brentwood, Essex, on 30 November 1985 at the age of 86.

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