Philip Hewett
English cricketer (1799-1879)
Philip Hewett (7 September 1799 – 15 December 1879) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University in one match in 1820, totalling 2 runs with a highest score of 2.
Hewett was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge. After graduating he became a Church of England priest and was rector of Binstead for forty-six years, from 1833 until his death. He is remembered in Holy Cross Church, Binstead, by a stone tablet and a stained-glass window.
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Bibliography
Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
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