Stuart Simmonds
Stuart Simmonds (born 23 January 1967) is an English cricketer and author. Simmonds is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Birmingham.
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| Full name | Stuart Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1967 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 | Sussex Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simmonds represented the Sussex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Hertfordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[1] In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 14 runs,[2] while taking a 2 wickets at a bowling average of 25.00, with figures of 2/50.[3]
Autobiography
Simmonds' autobiography "Watching With My Heroes" 1-787-19583-X, with a foreword by Derek Pringle was published in October 2017 with a book launch at The Folly in London on 31 October 2017 attended by both Derek Pringle and David Gower; cited by Simmonds in the book as the reason he became a Cricketer.[4]
Stuart has recently released an updated edition of his autobiography with additional chapters[5] and with a foreword by David Bowen from Sussex Cricket.
Stuart is also currently a Vice President of the Sussex Cricket Foundation, the charity arm of Sussex Cricket.
Children's Fiction
In 2019 Simmonds initially published the first six, with a seventh released in November 2019[6] in the "Hannah the Spanner" series, with illustrations by Bill Greenhead.
- Hannah the Spanner and the Dancing Bear ISBN 9781999318116
- Hannah the Spanner and the Robot ISBN 9781999318130
- Hannah the Spanner and the Circus ISBN 9781999318154
- Hannah the Spanner and the Trip to the Moon ISBN 9781999318178
- Hannah the Spanner and the Diamond Robbery ISBN 9781999318192
- Hannah the Spanner and the Racing Car ISBN 9781999318215
Released on 7 November 2019 together with a book launch in Foyles, London on 27 November 2019:
- Hannah the Spanner and the Polar Bears ISBN 9781999318239
An animated trailer narrated by Dawn French has also been released
References
- List A Matches played by Stuart Simmonds
- List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Simmonds
- List A Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Simmonds
- https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/other-bodies/cricket-writers/watching-with-my-heroes-a-tale-of-a-journeyman-cricketer/
- "Watching With My Heroes: Amazon.co.uk: Stuart Simmonds, Derek Pringle: 9781787195837: Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- https://www.stuhead.co.uk/spage-books-hannah_the_spanner.html