John Rutherford

John Seymour Rutherford (27 February 1890 – 14 April 1943) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of the soldier J. A. Rutherford, he was born in February 1892 at Highclere, Hampshire. He was educated at Repton School. scoring 128 runs at an average of 9.14, with a highest score of 33 not out. With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he also took three wickets. Rutherford served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Hampshire Regiment in September 1914. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health in September 1916 and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant. Following the war, he gained employment as a solicitors clerk. Rutherford died at Oxford in April 1943. His brother, Arnold, was also a first-class cricketer.