[1] Cuthberson was appointed Honorary Secretary of Edinburgh Academicals junior side in 1926,[2] and took on the same role for the main team in 1932.
[4] In 1936, Cuthertson was elected to the committee of the Scottish Rugby Union, replacing A. I. S. McPherson of Edinburgh Academicals.
[10] After he left the Edinburgh Academy, Cuthbertson signed up to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 1917.
[11] Cuthbertson played cricket for Edinburgh Academicals,[12] and was also a noted angler.
[14] He joined the firm Mackenzie, Innes and Logan before moving on to the board of Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society.