Raymond William Hutchison (born 21 July 1944) is a former New Zealand

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er and umpire. Hutchison was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Dunedin,

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and worked professionally as a dentist.McCarron A (2010)
New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010
', p. 72. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

Career

Hutchison made his first-class debut for

against Northern Districts in 1966. Hutchison played 29 further first-class matches for Otago, the last coming in 1971 against Central Districts. In his 30 first-class matches for Otago, he scored 963 runs and an average of 19.65. He made 3 half centuries, with his highest score of 66 coming against Wellington in 1968. With the ball, he took 3 wickets, which came at an expensive

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of 114.33. It was for Otago that he made his debut in List A cricket for, making a single appearance in that format against Canterbury. He scored 36 runs in this match, before being dismissed by

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. His playing career with Otago ended at the end of the 1971/72 New Zealand cricket season. He 1973, he joined English county

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, making his debut for the county in that season

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against Bedfordshire. Hutchison played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1973 to 1975, making 31 Minor Counties Championship appearances. Playing for Buckinghamshire allowed him to play List A cricket for

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, with his first List A appearance for the team coming in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against

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. He played 7 further List A matches for the team which were spread over the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup and the

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. In total, he made 8 appearances for the team, scoring 73 runs at an average of 9.12, while with the ball he took 6 wickets at an average of 28.16, with best figures of 4/68. During his time in England, he also played limited-overs cricket for Buckinghamshire on 2 occasions: against Kent in the

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and Middlesex in the

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. Returning to New Zealand, Hutchison joined Central Districts for the 1975/76 season, making 7 first-class appearances in that season, the last of which came against Auckland. In his 7 first-class appearances for the team, he scored 271 runs at an average of 22.58, with a high score of 45. He also took 3 first-class wickets for Central Districts, which came at an average of 56.00. He also made 2 List A appearances in that season against Northern Districts and Wellington, with the match against Wellington being the one in which he recorded his only List A half century, making an unbeaten 56. He did not feature for the team in any form of cricket after that season. Following his retirement, Hutchison umpired in first-class and List A cricket from 1990 to 1992, during which he also umpired in a

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between

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and

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