R.C. Cutter
Roy Carnegie Cutter: (Lawyer and Forward)
Roy Carnegie Cutter was born 26 August 1886 in Kent, the only son of Tom Cutter, a barrister and Agnes Brown Carnegie, a member of the famous Scottish family. He was educated at Rossall School, where he played for Old Rossillians in football and cricket. He obtained a soccer blue at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1908 and played in the same university team as C.E. Brisley and H.G. Yates.
He played 4 games for Corinthian including touring with them on their 1913 to Brazil, and played over 100 games for Casuals. In 1911 Cutter scored half of the goals in the the 8-1 defeat of Ealing in the A.F.A. Cup, and was in the Casuals team that played New Crusaders in the A.F.A. Cup final in 1913, alongside fellow tourist, Max Woosnam. He also played for the Southern Amateur League representative team against Oxford, alongside C.E. Brisley.
A left arm fast bowler, he played for Public Schools against the ‘Bantams’, 15th Sherwood Foresters to raise money for the War effort in 1915. He also played in the Corinthian-under-Arms match against the Aldershot Command, replacing fellow tourist, H.G.Yates in a change from the team announced.
For the 1913-14 season, Cutter took over the role of Honorary Secretary of the Casuals from S.L. King and although King retained the role of treasurer, when he died the following year, the Casuals not only lost a long-serving stalwart, they also lost fifteen years experience in running the club. Although unacknowledged at the time, when it came time to rebuild the Casuals after the War, the loss of King’s knowledge and experience would be deeply felt.
It is generally believed that Cutter was responsible for the loss of all the Casuals records and not only the loss of the members details, useful for rebuilding a team, but all historical documents. This loss has made it almost impossible for historians to build an accurate history of the club and its influence in the development of association football in the latter part of the 19th Century.
Whether true or not, Cutter does not appear to have returned to his position as Honorary Secretary after the War, the position being taken up by his fellow 1914 tourist, A. M. Wilkinson.
On April 18th, 1914 in the last game of the season, (a one-one draw, where Casuals began the game with only 7 players!), Cutter played for the Casuals against Ealing in the Southern Amateur League. This would turn out to be his last game for either Corinthian or Casuals clubs. Later, in September 1917 he was posted as wounded, and perhaps due to the injury he received, he appears to never have played football again.
Cutter trained as a Barrister but on returning from the abandoned tour, he enlisted with the University and Public Schools Men’s Force, he was commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 18th Battalion (1st Public Schools') on 9 July 1915, and rose to the rank of Captain.
In 1924, he married Alix Graham and lived in the Sudan for many years as a District Judge in the El Dueim, White Nile Province. He may also have held a position in India. Retiring to Scotland in 1933, he became the secretary for the Longniddry Golf Club, often playing in the mixed foursomes at Gullane.
He died in 1961 in East Lothian as the age of 74.