Jim Stewart

William James Perver Stewart (born 31 August 1934) is a former English first-class cricketer. He played for Warwickshire from 1955 to 1969, and for Northamptonshire in 1971 and 1972.

Life and career Jim Stewart was born in Wales and his family moved to Warwickshire when he was a boy. He made his first-class debut for Warwickshire in 1955 and played frequently without establishing his place until 1959, when he scored 1,799 runs at an average of 40.88 with five centuries. He hit four of those centuries in five innings. Against Lancashire he set a world first-class record by hitting 17 sixes in the match. His most successful season was 1962, when he scored 2,318 runs, including 2,100 runs at 42.85 in the County Championship. His seven centuries that year included his highest score, when he made 182 not out and 79 not out in the victory over Leicestershire.

A broken big toe on his left foot, which led to the toe's amputation, hampered Stewart's progress for the next few years, and he was also held back by an operation for arthritis in his right hand.

Stewart was also a rugby union player who played at full back in three of the Warwickshire teams that won the rugby union County Championship.