{{short description|English cricketer (born 1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Stuart Harrison Young | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|7|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blackhall, County Durham, <br>England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | role = | family = | club1 = Minor Counties | year1 = 1959–1969 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Durham | year2 = 1956–1972 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 16 | bat avg1 = 8.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 14 | deliveries1 = 583 | wickets1 = 12 | bowl avg1 = 24.08 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/44 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 5 | runs2 = 38 | bat avg2 = 12.66 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 22 | deliveries2 = 346 | wickets2 = 12 | bowl avg2 = 9.66 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 4/13 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/– | date = 6 August | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23570.html Cricinfo }}
'''Stuart Harrison Young''' (born 6 July 1938) is a former English cricketer. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Blackhall, County Durham.
Young made his debut for Durham against the Lancashire Second XI in the 1956 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Durham from 1956 to 1972, making 108 Minor Counties Championship appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire in the 1964 Gillette Cup. He made four further List A appearances, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 1972 Gillette Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> In his five List A matches, he scored 38 runs at an average of 12.66, with a high score of 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 9.66, with best figures of 4/13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref>
He also played first-class cricket for the Minor Counties. His first-class debut came against the touring Indians in 1959. He made two further first-class appearances for the team, against the touring South Africans in 1960, and the touring West Indians in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> In his three first-class matches, he scored 16 runs at an average of 8.00, with a high score of 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 12 wickets at an average of 24.08, with best figures of 4/44.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23570.html Stuart Young] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34159/34159.html Stuart Young] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Stuart}} Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:People from Blackhall Colliery Category:Cricketers from County Durham Category:English cricketers Category:Durham cricketers Category:Minor Counties cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen