David John Rutherford (born 6 April 1976) is an English

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er. Rutherford is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Ashington, Northumberland. Rutherford made his debut for Northumberland in the 1996

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against

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. Rutherford has played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1996 to present, which has included 73 Minor Counties Championship matches and 48 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his

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debut against Ireland in the

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. He played 6 further List A matches, the last coming against

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in the

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. In his 7 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 14 *. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a

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of 68.25, with best figures of 2/33. He also played Second XI cricket for the Durham Second XI and the Northamptonshire Second XI.

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