Kenneth Uttley

Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley (21 August 1913 – 15 June 1973) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago, Canterbury and Wellington in his 37 first-class matches between 1933 and 1952.[1] He was a right-handed opening batsman who scored 2,053 runs at an average of 31.10 in first-class cricket, including three centuries.[2] His son Ian Uttley played for the New Zealand national rugby union team in 1963.[3]

Ken Uttley

Uttley in 1937
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley
Born	21 August 1913 Oamaru, New Zealand
Died	15 June 1973 (aged 59) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933-34 to 1938-39	Otago
1940-41 to 1945-46	Canterbury
1951-52	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 37 Runs scored 2053 Batting average 31.10 100s/50s 3/12 Top score 145 Balls bowled 6 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 20/0
Source: CricketArchive, 18 July 2019

He captained Otago in 1937–38, when he was the highest scorer in the Plunket Shield, with 420 runs at an average of 70.00.[4] In the second match, against Auckland, he scored 132 and 138.[5]

He qualified as a doctor in 1939 at the University of Otago. From 1940 he trained as a pathologist at Christchurch Hospital, where he established the blood bank. He later worked at hospitals in Timaru and Palmerston North, where he died suddenly in 1973.[3]

See also

• List of Otago representative cricketers

References

1. "Player Profile: Kenneth Uttley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
2. "Player Profile: Kenneth Uttley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
3. New Zealand Medical Journal, Volume 78. 10 October 1973. p. 320. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
4. "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1937-38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
5. "Auckland v Otago 1937-38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2017.