Robert Stuart (cricketer)

Robert Livingstone Stuart (30 December 1908 – 6 June 1986) was an Argentine first-class cricketer.

Robert Stuart

Personal information
Full name	Robert Livingstone Stuart
Born	30 December 1908 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	6 June 1986 (aged 77) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 405 Batting average 25.31 100s/50s 1/– Top score 133 Balls bowled 84 Wickets 1 Bowling average 58.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/35 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2019

Stuart was born at Buenos Aires in June 1908. From there he was sent to England, where he was at Highgate School from January 1920.[1] Unusually, he played for the school's cricket 1st XI for five years (1923-1927, the last year as captain); for three of these teams he played alongside R.W.V.Robins, for three with 'Tagge' Webster and two with Howard Fabian.[2] After attending Highgate, he returned to Argentina. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Argentina against a touring Sir J. Cahn's XI in at Buenos Aires in 1930.[3] He was a member of the South American cricket team which toured England in 1932, making five first-class appearances on the tour.[3] His final first-class appearance came for Argentina against a touring Sir T. E. W. Brinckman's XI in 1938.[3] Stuart appeared in a total of nine first-class matches, scoring 405 runs at an average of 25.31.[4] His top-score of 133 came against the British Army cricket team in 1932.[5][6]

He later served in the British Army with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, having been commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1941.[7] He was mentioned in dispatches in November 1945, having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant at some point prior to this.[8] He relinquished his commission in June 1946, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of captain.[9] He died at Buenos Aires in June 1986.

References

1. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
2. Boreham, J.J. (1938). Highgate School Register 1838-1938 (4th ed.). p. 462.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
4. "Player profile: Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
6. "Army v South Americans, 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
7. "No. 35385". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1941. p. 7169.
8. "No. 37340". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1945. p. 5444.
9. "No. 37648". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1946. p. 3609.

External links

• Robert Stuart at ESPNcricinfo