Ian Rutherford

Ian Rutherford

Personal information
Full name	Ian Alexander Rutherford
Born	(1957-06-30) 30 June 1957 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

Ian Alexander Rutherford (born 30 June 1957) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts and Otago between 1974 and 1984. 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. He is the older brother of Ken Rutherford. He also played for Central Otago in the Hawke Cup.

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.