Stewart James Storey was born on 6 January 1941 and is a former English cricketer.
30 Facts About Stewart Storey
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Stewart Storey was an all-rounder, a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler as well as being a fine slip fielder.
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Stewart Storey played for Surrey from 1960 to 1976, winning the County Championship with them in 1971, and subsequently appeared for Sussex in 1978.
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Stewart Storey was readily recognisable on the cricket field by his fair hair.
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Stewart Storey finished his first-class cricket career with over 10,000 runs, almost 500 wickets and more than 300 catches.
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Stewart Storey did the double for Surrey in 1966, the only occasion since World War II that a Surrey player has achieved the feat.
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Stewart Storey reached 1,000 runs in five seasons in all, but 1966 was the only time that he managed 100 wickets.
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Stewart Storey played in three matches in 1960, his debut season, but scored a total of only 11 runs and did not bowl.
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Stewart Storey's bowling was not very effective, with 12 wickets at 41.00,17 at 38.35 and 20 at 21.75.
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Stewart Storey held 37 catches, a figure that he would never surpass.
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Stewart Storey's bowling was more penetrative, with 53 wickets at 22.28.
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Stewart Storey had figures of 5.5 overs, 2 maidens, 14 runs, 4 wickets, when taking the last four wickets against Northamptonshire.
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Stewart Storey took 78 wickets at 20.92, taking 5 wickets in an innings on only one occasion.
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Stewart Storey delivered only 28 balls in Surrey's two Gillette Cup matches.
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Stewart Storey dismissed 33 batsmen at 27.60, and held 17 catches.
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Surrey suffered a heavy defeat by Middlesex in their only Gillette Cup match, but Stewart Storey bowled his 12 overs for only 25 runs and then top-scored with 40, his highest innings to date in the competition.
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Stewart Storey's bowling continued to decline: 21 wickets at 34.33.
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Stewart Storey took only 19 wickets at 43.47, and for the first time since 1963 he failed to take five wickets in an innings.
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Surrey won the County Championship in 1971 for the first time since 1958, and Stewart Storey made a major contribution with the bat and regained some form with the ball.
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Stewart Storey came to the wicket with the score at 54 for 4, which soon became 70 for 5.
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Stewart Storey dominated the remainder of the innings, and when he was finally dismissed, at 315 for 9, Surrey were able to declare.
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Surrey needed quick runs in their second innings, and Stewart Storey top-scored again, with 41 out of 187 for 8 declared.
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Stewart Storey took 42 wickets that season at 23.80 and held 19 catches.
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Stewart Storey again bowled usefully in one-day cricket, with 21 wickets in 17 matches at 21.61, conceding 3.69 runs per over.
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Stewart Storey took 17 wickets at 38.82 and held 19 catches.
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Stewart Storey captured 16 wickets at 25.06 and held 14 catches.
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Stewart Storey reappeared in one John Player League fixture in 1976, against Kent on 11 July.
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Stewart Storey reappeared in 1978, playing for a new county, Sussex, but he had little success.
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Stewart Storey took just 8 wickets, but had a respectable runs conceded per over figure of 4.34.
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Stewart Storey remained with Sussex as their coach until 1987, but made no appearances for the first eleven after 1978.