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{{short description|English cricketer}} |
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{{Other people|Peter Stewart}} |
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'''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. |
'''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. |
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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> |
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> |
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Stewart worked as a carpenter, shoemaker and innkeeper. He is said to have been one of the |
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> |
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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> |
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> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/77/77392/77392.html CricketArchive record of Peter Stewart] |
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20121010153249/http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/1761.html#stewart From Lads to Lord's – biography of Peter Stewart] |
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| NAME = Stewart, Peter |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English cricketer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1730 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1796 |
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[[Category:English cricketers]] |
[[Category:English cricketers]] |
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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
[edit]- ^ Ashley Mote, The Glory Days of Cricket, Robson, 1997
- ^ Ashley Mote, John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time", Robson, 1998
- ^ H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906