Philip Hewett

{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Philip Hewett | image = | country = England | birth_date = {{birth date|1799|12|7|df=y}} | birth_place = England | death_date = {{death date and age|1879|12|15|1799|12|7|df=y}} | death_place = Binstead, Isle of Wight | batting = | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1820 | date = 31 March | year = 2013 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36985/36985.html CricketArchive }}

'''Philip Hewett''' (7 September 1799 – 15 December 1879) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University in one match in 1820, totalling 2 runs with a highest score of 2.<ref name="CA36">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36985/36985.html |website=CricketArchive |title=Philip Hewett |accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref>

Hewett was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge. After graduating he became a Church of England priest and was rector of Binstead for forty-six years, from 1833 until his death.<ref>{{acad |id=HWT817P2 |name=Hewett, Philip}}</ref> He is remembered in Holy Cross Church, Binstead, by a stone tablet and a stained-glass window.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/mis_bis/mis_binstead_holy_cross.html |title=Binstead Holy Cross Church |publisher=Isle of Wight Family History Society |access-date=19 December 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629035754/http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/mis_bis/mis_binstead_holy_cross.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |authorlink=Arthur Haygarth |title=Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) |year=1862 |publisher=Lillywhite |isbn=}}

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