Born in the town of Burnley, he made his first-class debut for Lancashire in August 1935 at the age of 22.
In June 1939, he achieved his highest ever first-class score of 109 not out in the County Championship match against Nottinghamshire.
[3] During the early 1940s, while the County Championship was suspended due to the Second World War, Nutter played for many representative teams including the North of England, the West of England, a British Empire XI and the Royal Air Force.
[5] Nutter joined Northamptonshire in the summer of 1948 and had his most successful season as a bowler, taking 105 wickets at an average of 22.88.
[1] In later life, Nutter emigrated to South Africa and died in Cape Town on 3 June 1996, at the age of 82.