Stuart Gardiner
Personal information
Full name
Stuart James Gardiner
Born (1947-03-19) 19 March 1947
Blomfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967/68–1973/74Orange Free State
1974/75Northern Transvaal
1978Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 34 8
Runs scored 556 21
Batting average 16.84 4.20
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 40* 7*
Balls bowled 5,863 432
Wickets 111 8
Bowling average 24.97 38.37
5 wickets in innings 5 –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 6/49 3/62
Catches/stumpings 13/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 September 2019

Stuart James Gardiner (born 19 March 1947) is a South African former cricketer.

Gardiner was born at Blomfontein in March 1947. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Orange Free State against Griqualand West at Blomfontein in the 1967–68 Currie Cup. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State until the 1973–74 Currie Cup, making 25 appearances.[1] Playing as a left-arm medium pace bowler, Gardiner took 98 wickets in his 25 appearances for Orange Free State, at an average of 22.84 and best figures of 6 for 49.[2] These figures, one of five five wicket hauls he took, came against Northern Transvaal in the 1972–73 Currie Cup.[3][4] As a lower-order batsman, he scored 485 runs at a batting average of 17.96 and a high score of 40 not out.[5] Gardiner also made a single first-class appearance for a Combined Section B XI against D. H. Robins' XI in January 1973.[1] He also played List A one-day cricket, debuting for Orange Free State against Eastern Province in the 1970–71 Gillette Cup. He made five List A appearances for Orange Free State, as well as making a single appearance for Northern Transvaal in the 1974–75 Gillette Cup.[6]

He later studied in England at St John's College, Cambridge.[7] While studying at Cambridge, he made eight appearances for Cambridge University in 1978,[1] in addition to making two appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played by Stuart Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Stuart Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Norther Transvaal v Orange Free State, SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section B)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 "List A Matches played by Stuart Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. ↑ The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 485.
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