1. Charles Stewart Dempster was a New Zealand Test cricketer and coach.
12 Facts About Stewie Dempster
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Stewie Dempster first toured with New Zealand in 1927, when no Test matches were played, and headed the touring team's first-class batting averages.
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Stewie Dempster was a surprise choice for the tour, being selected more for his performances in second-class cricket.
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Stewie Dempster moved to England, appearing in one first-class match for Lindsay Parkinson's XI in 1933 and once for Scotland in 1934.
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Stewie Dempster settled in England from 1935, being contracted by the Leicestershire millionaire Sir Julien Cahn to play for his private team.
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Stewie Dempster was able to play county cricket as an amateur, and was therefore acceptable as a county captain, by being employed by Cahn, ostensibly as the manager of one of his furniture stores in Leicester.
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Stewie Dempster appeared for the County scratch sides during the war but left the staff when the war ended.
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Stewie Dempster played three times for Warwickshire in 1946 before returning to New Zealand to become a coach.
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Stewie Dempster was selected to play for New Zealand in a one-off Test in Christchurch against England in March 1947, but he withdrew due to an eye injury four days before the match.
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Stewie Dempster made his final appearance for Wellington against Auckland at Eden Park in January 1948 scoring 7 and 41.
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Stewie Dempster has the distinction of having the second-highest Test batting average in history for completed careers of 10 or more innings, behind Sir Donald Bradman.
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Stewie Dempster's pupils included the Test players Bruce Edgar and Ian Smith.