[1] Jack Hutchings played an important role in Wellington's first victory in the Plunket Shield, which gained them the title in 1918–19.
Needing 225 to defeat Canterbury, Wellington were 188 for 8 when Hutchings went in to join Stan Brice.
Together they added the required runs, giving Wellington a narrow victory.
[2][3] He made his highest score of 74 not out later that season in similar circumstances, except this time Wellington lost.
[5] Apart from a few years in Auckland, when he played no first-class cricket, Hutchings spent most of his life in Wellington.