Stuart Hay

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer and businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Stuart Hay | image = | country = | fullname = Stuart Carlton Hay | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|10|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|7|23|1909|10|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | family = {{ubl|Carlton Hay (father)|Douglas Hay (uncle)}} | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Auckland | year1 = 1931/32 | date = 11 June | year = 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37358.html Cricinfo }}

'''Stuart Carlton Hay''' {{postnominals|OBE}} (6 October 1909 – 23 July 1987) was a New Zealand sportsman and businessman.

Hay played two first-class cricket matches for Auckland during the 1931–32 season<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37358.html Stuart Hay], CricInfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22083/22083.html Stuart Hay], CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2024. {{subscription}}</ref> and rugby for the provincial side. In 1957 he succeeded his uncle Douglas Hay as chairman of the Eden Park Trust Board, serving until the 1970s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Long Service |journal=Press |date=30 October 1957 |page=6 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571030.2.28}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Rowdy cricket crowds |journal=Press |date=8 March 1974 |page=22 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740308.2.175}}</ref>

Hay was born at Auckland in 1909, the son of sportsman Carlton Hay. His father and uncle had both played cricket for Auckland and worked in the family firm, Hendry and Hay stockbrokers. After being educated at Auckland Grammar School, Hay also joined the stock exchange in Auckland and later became chairman of the exchange and president of the New Zealand Stock Exchange Association.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Industrialists And Retailers Praise Budget Provisions |journal=Press |date=24 July 1954 |page=8 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19540724.2.105}}</ref> He was made an OBE for his professional work. Hay died at Auckland in 1987; an obituary was published in that year's ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack''.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 65. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref>

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