# Stuart Waterton
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Stuart Waterton
| country = England
| fullname = Stuart Nicholas Varney Waterton
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Dartford](/source/Dartford), [Kent](/source/Kent)
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [Wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper)
| family =
| club1 = [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1980–1985
| club2 = [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 1986–1987
| club3 = [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 1989–1997
| club4 = [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year4 = 1990
| club5 = [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team)
| year5 = 1990–1992
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 41
| runs1 = 757
| bat avg1 = 19.92
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 58[*](/source/not_out)
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 79/15
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 27
| runs2 = 294
| bat avg2 = 22.61
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 92
| catches/stumpings2 = 17/7
| date = 9 August
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22593.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Stuart Nicholas Varney Waterton''' (born 6 December 1960) is an English former professional [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Waterton was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) who fielded as a [wicket-keeper](/source/wicket-keeper). He was born at [Dartford](/source/Dartford) in [Kent](/source/Kent) in 1960.[[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22593.html Stuart Waterton], [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 2019-06-24.]
==Cricket career==
Waterton made his [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1980 County Championship. He made a total of 25 first-class and six List A appearances for Kent between 1980 and 1985, the last of which came against [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1985 County Championship.[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12089/12089.html Stuart Waterton], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.] Waterton found his opportunities limited at Kent where he was competing against England wicket-keeper [Alan Knott](/source/Alan_Knott) nd future Kent captain [Steve Marsh](/source/Steve_Marsh_(cricketer)). He left the county at the end of the 1985 season, joining [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) for the 1986 season.
He made 15 first-class and 12 List A appearances for Northants, plying for the county for two seasons before joining [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1989, making his debut for the county against [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) and winning the Minor Counties Championship in his first season at the county.[[https://thecricketpaper.com/features-and-columns/1298/where-are-they-now-oxfordshire-1989-minor-counties-champions/ Where are they now? Oxfordshire – 1989 Minor Counties champions], ''The Cricket Paper'', 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.] The following season he played a single first-class match for [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1990 County Championship against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club), his only match for the county, and continued to play [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Oxfordshire until 1997, making a total of 60 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) appearances and playing for an England Amateur XI against the [touring New Zealanders in 1994](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_England_in_1994).[Moore G (1994) [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-rutherford-hit-by-a-beamer-1373459.html Cricket: Rutherford hit by a beamer], ''[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)'', 1994-04-30. Retrieved 2019-06-26.]
Waterton went on to work as a brand manager for cricket equipment manufacturer [Kookaburra Sport](/source/Kookaburra_Sport).[Edwards P (2013) [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/605244.html The blade maketh the man], [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo), 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2019-06-24.]
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cricketers from Dartford
Category:English cricketers
Category:Kent cricketers
Category:Northamptonshire cricketers
Category:Oxfordshire cricketers
Category:Lancashire cricketers
Category:Minor Counties cricketers
Category:Wicket-keepers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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