:Ian Hutchinson (cricketer)

{{short description|Welsh cricketer (born 1964)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ian Hutchinson

| image =

| fullname = Ian James Frederick Hutchinson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales

| nickname =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| role =

| family = Gordon Hutchinson (brother)

| club2 = Middlesex

| year2 = {{nowrap|1987–1991}}

| club1 = Shropshire

| year1 = 1985

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 18 June

| debutyear1 = 1988

| debutfor1 = Middlesex

| debutagainst1 = Northamptonshire

| lastdate1 = 2 July

| lastyear1 = 1991

| lastfor1 = Middlesex

| lastagainst1 = Warwickshire

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 3 July

| debutyear2 = 1985

| debutfor2 = Shropshire

| debutagainst2 = Northamptonshire

| lastdate2 = 11 July

| lastyear2 = 1991

| lastfor2 = Middlesex

| lastagainst2 = Somerset

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 27

| runs1 = 1,435

| bat avg1 = 34.16

| 100s/50s1 = 5/2

| top score1 = 201*

| deliveries1 = 72

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 29.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/18

| catches/stumpings1 = 29/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 19

| runs2 = 221

| bat avg2 = 13.81

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 42

| deliveries2 = 24

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 27.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings2 = 11/–

| date = 2 January

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/11/11288/11288.html CricketArchive

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Ian James Frederick Hutchinson (born 31 October 1964) is a Welsh former first-class cricketer, who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club.{{Cite web |title=Ian Hutchinson Profile - Cricket Player England {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ian-hutchinson-14366 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} He was educated at Shrewsbury School.{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|page=35|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

He was a county cricketer for Shropshire, appearing in one match in 1984 when he made 46 runs from both innings, while playing at club level for Shrewsbury.Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 35,56.

Hutchinson played five seasons of county cricket for Middlesex, 1987–1991, but was a first-team regular for just two of them. He made his List A cricket debut in 1985 for Shropshire and his first-class debut in 1988; his final county appearance in both forms was in 1991.

A right-handed, middle order batsman, he made 27 first-class appearances; his highest score was 201 not out against Oxford University cricket team in 1989. In 1985, playing club cricket for Cross Arrows cricket club, he scored 204 from 124 balls before lunch, including 14 sixes.{{cite book|last=Frindall|first=Bill|title=Playfair Cricket Annual, 1988|year=1988|publisher=Macdonald Queen Anne Press|isbn=0-356-15539-0|page=110}}