Maurice Percy Hutton (21 March 1903 – 20 February 1940) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Sturt in the South Australian Football League (SAFL), and

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er who played in two first-class matches for South Australia in the 1928/29 Sheffield Shield.Maurice Hutton

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. Retrieved 2021-06-20. Hutton was born at Parkside, South Australia in 1903. His father

Percy Hutton William Frederick Percy Hutton (2 October 1876 – 1 October 1951), known as Percy Hutton, was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class cricket, first-class match for South Australia cricket team, South Australia during the 1905� ...

and brother

Harvey Hutton Harvey Hutton (10 August 1911 – 27 August 1965) was an Australian cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. I ...

also played cricket for South Australia, as did his cousin

Mervyn Hutton Mervyn Hutton (24 August 1911 – 28 September 1988) was an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. ...

.Maurice Hutton
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-06-20. He died at Mitcham, South Australia in 1940 aged 36.

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* 1903 births 1940 deaths Sturt Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Cricketers from South Australia South Australia cricketers {{AFL-bio-1903-stub