Arthur Sutton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1939
Place of Birth: Longsight, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Arthur Sutton
- James Arthur Sutton (born 26 June 1939) 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 in the 1959 Minor Counties Championship against the Warwickshire Second XI.
- He played 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.
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