Ian Rutherford

Ian Alexander Rutherford (born 30 June 1957) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts and Otago between 1974 and 1984.^[1] In 1978–79 in the Shell Trophy Final he batted for 625 minutes for his highest first-class score of 222 for Otago against Central Districts in New Plymouth.^[2] He is the older brother of Ken Rutherford. He also played for Central Otago in the Hawke Cup.

Ian Rutherford

Personal information
Full name	Ian Alexander Rutherford
Born	(1957-06-30) 30 June 1957 (age 68) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium Right-arm off break
Relations	Ken Rutherford (brother) Hamish Rutherford (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1974/75–1976/77	Otago
1976	Worcestershire
1977/78	Central Districts
1977/78	Wanganui
1978/79–1983/84	Otago
1981/82–1985/86	Central Otago
FC debut	26 December 1974 Otago v Canterbury
Last FC	6 March 1984 Otago v Central Districts
LA debut	30 November 1975 Otago v Canterbury
Last LA	23 January 1983 Otago v Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 79 21 Runs scored 3,794 449 Batting average 27.10 21.38 100s/50s 5/16 1/1 Top score 222 100 Balls bowled 79 8 Wickets 1 0 Bowling average 28.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1/8 – Catches/stumpings 50/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 October 2023

Rutherford played 79 first class matches and scored 3794 runs at an average of 27.10 with five centuries and 16 fifties. He also played 21 List A matches, scoring 449 runs at an average of 14.96 with one century and one fifty.^[1]