Robert Stuart (cricketer)

Robert Stuart
Personal information
Full name
Robert Livingstone Stuart
Born30 December 1908
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died6 June 1986(1986-06-06) (aged 77)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-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

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

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.

  1. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ Boreham, J.J. (1938). Highgate School Register 1838-1938 (4th ed.). p. 462.
  3. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Player profile: Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Robert Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Army v South Americans, 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  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.