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Full name | Stuart James Gardiner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blomfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa | 19 March 1947|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967/68–1973/74 | Orange Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974/75 | Northern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,6 September 2019 |
Stuart James Gardiner (born 19 March 1947) is a South African former cricketer.
Gardiner was born at Blomfontein in March 1947. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Orange Free State against Griqualand West at Blomfontein in the 1967–68 Currie Cup. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State until the 1973–74 Currie Cup,making 25 appearances. [1] Playing as a left-arm medium pace bowler,Gardiner took 98 wickets in his 25 appearances for Orange Free State,at an average of 22.84 and best figures of 6 for 49. [2] These figures,one of five five wicket hauls he took,came against Northern Transvaal in the 1972–73 Currie Cup. [3] [4] As a lower-order batsman,he scored 485 runs at a batting average of 17.96 and a high score of 40 not out. [5] Gardiner also made a single first-class appearance for a Combined Section B XI against D. H. Robins' XI in January 1973. [1] He also played List A one-day cricket,debuting for Orange Free State against Eastern Province in the 1970–71 Gillette Cup. He made five List A appearances for Orange Free State,as well as making a single appearance for Northern Transvaal in the 1974–75 Gillette Cup. [6]
He later studied in England at St John's College,Cambridge. [7] While studying at Cambridge,he made eight appearances for Cambridge University in 1978, [1] in addition to making two appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1978 Benson &Hedges Cup. [6]
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