Stuart Boyes

Stuart Boyes
England (ENG)
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox
First-class record
Matches 504
Runs scored 8078
Batting average 14.95
100s/50s 2/17
Top score 104
Balls bowled 85860
Wickets 1472
Bowling average 23.51
5 wickets in innings 74
10 wickets in match 11
Best Bowling 9-57
Catches/Stumpings 495/0
First class debut: -, 1921
Last first class game: -, 1939
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George Stuart Boyes (31 March 1899 – 11 February 1973) was an English first class cricketer, born in Southampton, who played with Hampshire.

Boyes was a slow left-arm bowler with a high action, taking 1415 wickets for Hampshire. He twice took a hattrick, one of them when he took his career best figures of 9 for 57 against Somerset at Yeovil in 1938. With the bat he took 413 matches before making his maiden century, only three players in history have waited longer.[2]

His brother Ken was a professional footballer with Southampton and Bristol Rovers, as well as a member of Hampshire's ground staff.[3]

References

  1. Profile on www.cricketarchive.com
  2. Most Matches Before Maiden Century
  3. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.

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