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John Stuart Wilson (22 January 1932 – 2 July 2012) was an English-born Scottish first-class cricketer.

Wilson was born in January 1932 at Middleton, Lancashire. He moved to Scotland as a child, where he was educated at Brechin High School. A club cricketer for both Brechin and Forfarshire Cricket Club's, he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Lancashire at Old Trafford during Scotland's 1957 tour of England. He was a regular member of the Scottish team in the late 1950s and early 1960s, making sixteen first-class appearances to 1964. Playing in the Scottish side as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 44 wickets in his sixteen matches at an average of 25.20; he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 51 against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1959. A further performance of note with the ball came in 1962 against Ireland, when his four wickets in each innings helped guide Scotland to a 5 wicket victory. As a tailend batsman, he scored 66 runs at a low batting average of 5.07. Outside of cricket, Wilson was by profession a plumber. He died at Perth in July 2012.

References

1. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Stuart Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
3. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
4. "Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
5. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

External links

• Stuart Wilson at ESPNcricinfo

• 1932 births
• 2012 deaths
• Sportspeople from Middleton, Greater Manchester
• Cricketers from Greater Manchester
• Scottish people of English descent
• People educated at Brechin High School
• Scottish cricketers
• British plumbers