Mossie Guttormsen | |
Birth Date: | 29 July 1916 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Date: | 3 October 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5454.html Cricinfo |
Mossie Guttormsen (29 July 1916 - 8 August 1998) was an Australian cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Queensland between 1936 and 1939.[1]
Guttormsen was playing for Easts in Brisbane Grade Cricket in one of their reserve sides as early as 1930,[2] and he participated in a school sports tournament in 1931 captaining a side and receiving a prize for achieving the best batting average.[3] [4]
Guttormsen achieved success in October 1938 when he took four catches while conceding no byes and also scored 66 runs in a match for Easts,[5] and he scored 68 for the club in November.[6] As of January 1939 he had begun opening the batting for Easts and scored a 97 early that month,[7] although he took 115 minutes to reach fifty.[8] In November 1939 he was named in the Queensland First-class side as a reserve keeper.[9]