William Stewart

William Anthony Stewart (19 May 1847 – 31 July 1883) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of the Scottish politician and clergyman Edward Stewart, he was born in May 1847 at Sparsholt, Hampshire. He was the grandson of Edward Richard Stewart and great-grandson of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway. His mother was of Irish extraction, hailing from a County Kerry family. He was educated at Winchester College, While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1869 and 1870, making seven appearances. In the 1870 University Match, he was the second-to-last batsman to be dismissed in Frank Cobden's famous hat-trick, taken with Oxford requiring just 4 runs to win the match. He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Southampton in 1869. His brother, Herbert, was also a first-class cricketer and a noted British Army officer. His brother-in-law was the Hampshire cricketer Charles Everett.