Peter Stewart

:"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 Ashley Mote, "The Glory Days of Cricket", Robson, 1997] .

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 Ashley Mote, "John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time", Robson, 1998] .

Stewart was a stoic, durable player. In one 1764 game against Chertsey, he played with a knee strain and a broken finger H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906] .

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External sources

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/77/77392/77392.html CricketArchive record of Peter Stewart]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/biog.html#stewart From Lads to Lord's – biography of Peter Stewart]