Rutterford made his debut for Suffolk in the 1965 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.
Rutterford played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1965 to 1986, making 119 Minor Counties Championship appearances[1] and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
[2] Rutterford took 431 wickets in the Minor Counties Championship for Suffolk, second only to Cyril Perkins, who took 779.
He made seven further List A matches for Suffolk, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy.
[6] Playing for Suffolk allowed Rutterford to represent Minor Counties East in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup, with him making three appearances against Middlesex, Sussex and Northamptonshire.