Septimus Brutton (26 July 1869 – 29 September 1933) was an English

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er. Brutton was a right-handed

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. He was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland. The son of Thomas Brutton, the Vicar and Rural Dean of Tynemouth, and Saran Ann, Brutton was one of nine children. A notable sibling was his brother

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, who himself would play first-class cricket and play international

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for

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. Brutton was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead between 1880 and 1885. High Street - Old Portsmouth - geograph

Having first been recorded as playing cricket for a side representative of Northumberland as early as 1887, Brutton made his debut for

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in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship against

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. He appeared again the following season against

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, before his next appearances in the 1901 season. Brutton made four appearances in that season, the last of which came against Durham. Later in 1904, Brutton made a single first-class appearance for

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against

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at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. Yorkshire made 549 in their first-innings, in response Hampshire were dismissed for 331, with Brutton himself scoring 15 runs before he was dismissed by

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. Hampshire were forced to

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, with Brutton scoring 7 runs before he was dismissed by

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, with Hampshire being dismissed for 200 to lose the match by an innings and 18 runs. This was his only major appearance for Hampshire. Brutton married Eleanor Jane Phipps on 1 September 1896 at

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, Yorkshire, with the couple having two children: Charles who played first-class cricket for Hampshire on 81 occasions, and Guy, who later became a solicitor. Brutton himself was also a solicitor. After moving to Portsmouth from Northumberland, he was a partner in the solicitors firm Hobbs and Brutton by 1903. The partnership between Brutton and Edward Hobbs, which had premises in

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and

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, lasted until 1914, when Hobbs retired from the firm. Brutton continued with the business under the same name. He continued as a solicitor until at least 1929. Brutton's wife died on 15 June 1931, with Brutton dying at

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, London on 29 September 1933. His law firm was later taken over by his son Guy, who ran the firm until 1940.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brutton, Septimus 1869 births 1933 deaths Cricketers from Tynemouth English cricketers English solicitors Hampshire cricketers Northumberland cricketers People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead