Batting style Right-handed 1986–1987 Northamptonshire 1990–1992 Minor Counties Name Stuart Waterton | 1990 Lancashire Role Cricket Player 1989–1997 Oxfordshire | |
Full name Stuart Nicholas Varney Waterton Born 6 December 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-12-06 ) Dartford, Kent, England | ||
Stuart Nicholas Varney Waterton (born 6 December 1960) is a former English cricketer. Waterton was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Dartford, Kent.
Cricket career
Waterton made his first-class debut for Kent against Yorkshire in the 1980 County Championship. He made 24 further first-class appearances for Kent, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1985 County Championship. In his 25 first-class matches, he took 25 catches and made 10 stumpings behind the stumps, while with the bat he scored 386 runs at an average of 16.78, with a high score of 50. This score, his only fifty for Kent, came against Lancashire in the 1984 County Championship. He made his List A debut for Kent against Gloucestershire in the 1981 John Player League. He made 5 further List A appearances for Kent, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1985 John Player Special League. He scored 30 runs in his 6 List A matches, while behind the stumps he took 5 catches and made 2 stumpings. With the presence of Alan Knott in the Kent side, Waterton found his opportunities limited at Kent. He left Kent at the end of the 1985 season, joining Northamptonshire for the 1986 season.
He made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the touring Indians. He made 14 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against Essex in the 1987 County Championship. In his 15 first-class matches for the county, he took 32 catches and made 5 stumpings, while with the bat he scored 368 runs at an average of 26.28, with a high score of 58 not out. His highest score for Northamptonshire, which was one of two first-class fifties he made for the county, came against Worcestershire in the 1986 County Championship. His first List A appearance for Northamptonshire came against the touring Zimbabweans in 1986. He made 11 further List A appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against Essex in the 1986 John Player League. In his 12 List A matches for the county, he scored 44 runs at an average of 14.66, with a high score of 28. Behind the stumps he took 7 catches and made 4 stumpings. He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1987 season.
He later proceeded to join Oxfordshire in 1989, making his debut for the county against Berkshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. That same season he played his first List A match for the county against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy. The following season he played a single first-class match for Lancashire in the 1990 County Championship against Nottinghamshire. He played no further matches for Lancashire and returned to playing Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire. 1990 also saw him play his first List A match for the Minor Counties against Middlesex in the Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 4 further List A appearances for the Minor Counties, that last of which came in the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup. He also made 3 further List A appearances for Oxfordshire, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1994 NatWest Trophy. This included his highest List A score, 92 against Gloucestershire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. He continued to play Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire until 1997, making a total of 60 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 15 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.