Ken Uttley

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

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

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. 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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