Megan Hutton

{{short description|New Zealand netball player}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|03|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

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| positions = GK

| clubyears1 = 1999–2000

| clubteam1 = Canterbury Flames

| clubyears2 = 2001–2003

| clubteam2 = Southern Sting

| clubyears3 = 2004

| clubteam3 = Capital Shakers

| clubyears4 = 2005–2007

| clubteam4 = Southern Sting

| clubyears5 = 2007–2008

| clubteam5 = Team Northumbria

| clubyears6 = 2008–2009

| clubteam6 = Southern Steel

| clubyears7 = 2010

| clubteam7 = Canterbury Tactix

| updated = 3 April 2010

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Megan Hutton (born 26 March 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand retired netball player. Hutton normally plays in the goal keeper position. She also played basketball for Southland.{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Suzanne |title=Flatmates with a bond |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10447149&pnum=0 |date=22 June 2007 |accessdate=29 March 2010}}

Hutton debuted in the Coca-Cola Cup (later the National Bank Cup) in 1999 with the Canterbury Flames, joining Silver Ferns defenders Vilimaina Davu and Anna Veronese. After two years with the Canterbury franchise, Hutton transferred to the Southland-based Southern Sting. In 2004, Hutton moved north to play with the Capital Shakers, but after one year with the Wellington-based side, Hutton made a controversial return to the Sting,{{cite news |title=Sting once again team to beat |publisher=NZCity |url=http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=44595&cat=975 |date=2 November 2004 |accessdate=29 March 2010}} where she remained for the rest of the National Bank Cup.

The National Bank Cup concluded in 2007 with the Sting winning a closely fought 50–49 final over the Northern Force.{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Suzanne |title=Fairytale end to final chapter of league |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10447427&pnum=0 |date=23 June 2007 |accessdate=29 March 2010}} After the final National Bank Cup, Hutton moved to England and played in the 2007–08 Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria.{{cite news |title=Megan sights on net gains |work=Evening Chronicle |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sports-news/2007/11/02/netball-megan-sights-on-net-gains-72703-20050593/ |date=2 November 2007 |accessdate=29 March 2010}} The inclusion of Hutton and two Australian imports were noted as contributing factors in Team Northumbria's improved performance over the season.{{cite news |last=New |first=Paul |title=Netball has exploded upon the North East sporting scene these last winter weeks with unexpected and spectacular success |work=Evening Chronicle |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sports-news/2008/02/12/netball-has-exploded-upon-the-north-east-sporting-scene-these-last-winter-weeks-with-unexpected-and-spectacular-success-72703-20465352/ |date=12 February 2008 |accessdate=29 March 2010}}

She returned to New Zealand for the start of the ANZ Championship, again playing in Southland, this time for the new Southern Steel franchise. Hutton played two seasons in the Steel, before retiring from netball after 2009.{{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana |title=Steel's suspense ends tonight |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand/news/article.cfm?l_id=71&objectid=10582744 |date=6 July 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2010}} She was lured out of retirement the following year as a temporary replacement player for the Canterbury Tactix, after veteran defender Anna Galvan sustained a wrist injury.{{cite news |last=Seconi |first=Adrian |title=Hutton happy to help after injuries hit Tactix |work=Otago Daily Times |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/netball/100327/netball-hutton-happy-help-after-injuries-hit-tactix |date=5 April 2010 |accessdate=5 April 2010}}