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", Peter Stewart was also a considerable player but one of many whose best years were before 1772 and whose records are mostly lost.
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 was also a tough and courageous player for one game against 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".
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[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
- The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
- John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote
