Stewie Dempster
New Zealand cricketer (1903-1974)
Charles Stewart Dempster (15 November 1903 – 14 February 1974) was a New Zealand Test cricketer and coach. As well as representing New Zealand, he also played for Wellington, Scotland, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Early life
Born to a Scottish parents Charles Dempster and Eliza Jemima Weavers in 1903 Dempster lived the first three decades of his life in Wellington, nearby to the local cricket ground the Basin Reserve. Developing an early interest in the game Dempster played for the Wellington Boys' Institute team in his youth and was encouraged by his father to score hundreds, being rewarded with 5 shillings from him for each one he scored. In his most prolific season he scored nine centuries in ten innings with the remaining innings scoring 99 and gaining the attention of the local provincial selectors.
Career in New Zealand
Dempster made his first first-class appearance for Wellington against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve over new year 1921/1922 scoring 10 and 1.
Dempster first toured with New Zealand in 1927, when no Test matches were played, and headed the touring team's first-class batting averages. He was a surprise choice for the tour, being selected more for his performances in second-class cricket. In the 1929–30 MCC tour of New Zealand Dempster and Mills put on a New Zealand record first-innings stand of 276 for the first wicket, which remained the highest for New Zealand until 1972 [1]. In the 1931 New Zealand tour of England he averaged 59.26 and scored 120 in the Test at Lord's.
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