| Stuart Boyes | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | George Stuart Boyes |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1926/27 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 504 |
| Runs1: | 8,078 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.95 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/17 |
| Top Score1: | 104 |
| Deliveries1: | 85,860 |
| Wickets1: | 1,472 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 23.51 |
| Fivefor1: | 74 |
| Tenfor1: | 11 |
| Best Bowling1: | 9/57 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 495/– |
| Date: | 15 October |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/stuart-boyes-9191 Cricinfo |
George Stuart Boyes (31 March 1899 – 11 February 1973) was an English first-class cricketer, born in Southampton, who played for Hampshire County Cricket Club.
Boyes was a slow left-arm bowler with a high action, taking 1415 wickets for Hampshire. He took 100 wickets in a season three times, his best year being 111 at 26.75 in 1933. He twice took a hattrick, one of them when he took his career best figures of 9 for 57 against Somerset at Yeovil in 1938. With the bat he took 413 matches before making his maiden century, only three players in history have waited longer.[1] He was an excellent close fielder and took 498 catches in first-class matches, many of them at short-leg.[2]
His major overseas tour was with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to India and Ceylon in 1926/7. He took 56 wickets at 18.69 including 7-52 against a Europeans in the East XI at Eden Gardens, Calcutta.[3] [4]
During the Second World War, Boyes supervised junior coaching sessions at the County Ground.[5] Following the end of the war in 1945, Boyes was employed as a cricket coach at Ampleforth College from 1946 to 1963.[6] He died in Southampton in February 1973.[6] His brother, Ken, was a professional footballer with Southampton and Bristol Rovers, as well as a member of Hampshire's ground staff.[7]