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

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er who played with Sturt in the

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(SAFL), and

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er who played in two first-class matches for

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in the 1928/29 Sheffield Shield.Maurice Hutton

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. Retrieved 2021-06-20. Hutton was born at

Parkside, South Australia Parkside is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Unley. History The suburb was once home to the mental health campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Known as 'The Parkside Asylum', it was the pr ...

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 match for South Australia during the 1905–06 Sheffield Shield season. A wicket-keeper, he w ...

and brother Harvey Hutton also played cricket for South Australia, as did his cousin Mervyn Hutton.Maurice Hutton
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-06-20. He died at

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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