Ken Uttley
Uttley in 1937
Personal information
Full name
Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley
Born(1913-08-21)21 August 1913
Oamaru, New Zealand
Died15 June 1973(1973-06-15) (aged 59)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsIan Uttley (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1933-34 to 1938-39Otago
1940-41 to 1945-46Canterbury
1951-52Wellington
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/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 July 2019

Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley (21 August 1913 – 15 June 1973) was a New Zealand cricketer and pathologist.

Life and career

Uttley played for Otago, Canterbury and Wellington in 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]

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 won the Redpath Cup for New Zealand batsman of the season in 1937–38.[6]

Uttley married Jessie Neill in Dunedin in January 1939.[7] Later that year he qualified as a doctor 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, aged 59.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kenneth Uttley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kenneth Uttley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "Redpath Cup (Men's Batting)". New Zealand Cricket Museum. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Otago Cricket Captain Married". Otago Daily Times: 4. 20 January 1939.
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