Leonard Robert Warner Allen Shuter (21 March 1887 — 21 November 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.
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Full name | Leonard Robert Warner Allen Shuter | ||||||||||||||
Born | 21 March 1887 Horton Kirby, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 21 November 1960(1960-11-21) (aged 73) Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Leonard Shuter (father) John Shuter (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1908 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 October 2021 |
The son of the cricketer Leonard Shuter, he was born in March 1887 at Horton Kirby, Kent. He was educated at Tonbridge School, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] Shuter played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire at Lord's in 1908.[2] Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Francis Wyatt in the MCC first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 11 runs by Charlie Llewellyn.[3] A private in the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, Shuter was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, serving with the unit in the First World War.[4] During the war, he gained the temporary rank of lieutenant in May 1915 and the temporary rank of captain in July 1916.[5][6] He gained the full rank of lieutenant in July 1917, while retaining his temporary rank of captain,[7] before obtaining the full rank of captain following the war in November 1920.[8] He married Alice Margaret Alexandra at Bath in November 1916,[9] with the couple living in Ipswich where Shuter was employed until his retirement in 1932 by Alexanders Discount Co. Ltd. He died at in November 1960 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.[1] His uncle was the Test cricketer John Shuter.