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'''Peter "Buck" Stewart''' (1730 – 1796) was an English [[cricket|cricketer]] who played for the [[Hambledon Club]] in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s.
'''Peter "Buck" Stewart''' (1730–1796) was an English [[cricket]]er who played for the [[Hambledon Club]] in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s.


Known to have been nicknamed "Buck" because he was a "natty dresser", Peter Stewart was also a considerable player but one of many whose best years were before 1772 and whose records are mostly lost.
Known to have been nicknamed "Buck" because he was a "natty dresser", Stewart was a considerable player but one of many whose best years were before 1772 and whose records are mostly lost.<ref name=GDC>[[Ashley Mote]], ''The Glory Days of Cricket'', Robson, 1997</ref>


He seems to have had several trades. We know he was variously a carpenter, a shoemaker and an innkeeper. He is said to have been one of the team’s characters and a noted humorist. He was a good batsman in his prime and strong in his offside strokes.
Stewart worked as a carpenter, shoemaker and innkeeper. He is said to have been one of the team's characters and a noted humorist. He was a good batsman in his prime and strong in his offside strokes.<ref name=JN>[[Ashley Mote]], ''John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time"'', Robson, 1998</ref>


Stewart was also a tough and courageous player for one game against [[Chertsey Cricket Club|Chertsey]] in [[1764]] he played on with a knee strain and a broken finger. We know another Hambledon player in the game was injured and so were three Chertsey players. [[H T Waghorn]]’s source (see WDC) says they were all "much hurt".
Stewart was a stoic, durable player. In one 1764 game against [[Chertsey Cricket Club|Chertsey]], he played with a knee strain and a broken finger.<ref name=DC>[[H T Waghorn]], ''The Dawn of Cricket'', Electric Press, 1906</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/77/77392/77392.html CricketArchive record of Peter Stewart]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]

==References==
* [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]] - various publications
* ''Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket'' by [[G B Buckley]] (FL18)
* ''The Dawn of Cricket'' by [[H T Waghorn]] (WDC)
* ''Scores & Biographies, Volume 1'' by [[Arthur Haygarth]] (SBnnn)
* ''The Glory Days of Cricket'' by [[Ashley Mote]] (GDC)
* ''John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time"'' by [[Ashley Mote]]


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Latest revision as of 13:08, 2 January 2023

Peter "Buck" Stewart (1730–1796) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club in its great days during the 1760s and 1770s.

Known to have been nicknamed "Buck" because he was a "natty dresser", Stewart was a considerable player but one of many whose best years were before 1772 and whose records are mostly lost.[1]

Stewart worked as a carpenter, shoemaker and innkeeper. He is said to have been one of the team's characters and a noted humorist. He was a good batsman in his prime and strong in his offside strokes.[2]

Stewart was a stoic, durable player. In one 1764 game against Chertsey, he played with a knee strain and a broken finger.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ashley Mote, The Glory Days of Cricket, Robson, 1997
  2. ^ Ashley Mote, John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time", Robson, 1998
  3. ^ H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906
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