Robert Stuart (cricketer)

Robert Livingstone Stuart (30 December 1908 – 6 June 1986) was an Argentine first-class cricketer.

Stuart was born at Buenos Aires in June 1908. From there he was sent to England, where he was at Highgate School from January 1920.[1] Unusually, he played for the school's cricket 1st XI for five years (1923-1927, the last year as captain); for three of these teams he played alongside R.W.V.Robins, for three with 'Tagge' Webster and two with Howard Fabian.[2] After attending Highgate, he returned to Argentina. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Argentina against a touring Sir J. Cahn's XI in at Buenos Aires in 1930.[3] He was a member of the South American cricket team which toured England in 1932, making five first-class appearances on the tour.[3] His final first-class appearance came for Argentina against a touring Sir T. E. W. Brinckman's XI in 1938.[3] Stuart appeared in a total of nine first-class matches, scoring 405 runs at an average of 25.31.[4] His top-score of 133 came against the British Army cricket team in 1932.[5][6]

He later served in the British Army with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, having been commissioned as a second lieutenant in November 1941.[7] He was mentioned in dispatches in November 1945, having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant at some point prior to this.[8] He relinquished his commission in June 1946, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of captain.[9] He died at Buenos Aires in June 1986.