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 well as being a first-rate hitter. In addition to his other accomplishments, he was an excellent musician. His tombstone in Petersfield churchyard, close to those of his father, brother, and his two wives, bears the following inscription:—

His son John is (1860) a draper, &c., at Petersfield, carrying on a good business in the same house as his father and grandfather used to live in.

last recorded match was in 1779The name of Stewart indeed appears again in Hambledon and Hampshire matches, but as no initials are prefixed generally, it is impossible to say which of the brothers (and there were several), it is playing. The name is spelt as above, and not Steward, as in Nyren's book. Peter was nicknamed 'Buck' and was a carpenter and shoemaker by trade. He played long-field, being a very steady man there. As a bat he could cut very well to the off. Was a dark-looking man, slimly built, very active, and was ambitious to be thought a humourist. He no doubt played in many matches before this book commences in 1772 and was at one time landlord of the 'Green Man' at Hambledon. No tombstone exists to his memory in Hambledon churchyard (though there is one to his wife), but by searching the register it was found he was buried at Hambledon, February 15, 1796, but the age was not added. Only four of the true old Hambledon eleven, which used from about 1770 to 1790 to play against All England, seem to have been buried there, namely Thomas Sueter, Edward Aburrow, George Leer, and Peter Stewart.