Andrew Stoddart

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Andrew Stoddart England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	16	309
Runs scored	996	16738
Batting average	35.57	31.12
100s/50s	2/3	26/85
Top score	173	221
Balls bowled	162	14717
Wickets	2	278
Bowling average	47.00	23.63
5 wickets in innings	0	10
10 wickets in match	0	2
Best bowling	1/10	7/67
Catches/stumpings	6/0	257/0
Test debut: 10 February 1888 Last Test: 2 February 1898 Source: [1]

Andrew Ernest Stoddart (11 March 1863 – 4 April 1915) was an English cricketer and rugby union player.

Born in South Shields, County Durham, he was the son of a wine merchant, who left for London in 1877. Stoddart made his reputation in club cricket and was playing for Middlesex by 1885. He played 16 Test matches captaining England in 8 games of which he won 3, lost 4 and drew 1. He also played in 10 rugby union internationals. Stoddart was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893. He committed suicide in London in 1915 by shooting himself at age 52.

A street in South Shields is named after him.

[edit] Trivia

• Punch celebrated the Stoddart's Ashes win in 1894-95 with a poem which contained the lines -

Then wrote the queen of England

Whose hand is blessed by God

I must do something handsome

For my dear victorious Stod.

Seventy years later, David Frith used My dear victorious Stod as the title of his acclaimed biography of Stoddart.

Preceded by WG Grace	English national cricket captain 1894/5	Succeeded by Lord Hawke
Preceded by WG Grace	English national cricket captain 1897/8	Succeeded by Lord Hawke

[edit] External links

• Cricinfo page on Andrew Stoddart
• Simon Wilde of Stoddart's 485*
• CricketArchive page on Andrew Stoddart
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