Peter Stewart
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- For the physiologist, see Peter A Stewart.
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].
[edit] References
- ^ 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
