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.

Stuart Simmonds

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Simmonds
Born	(1967-01-23) 23 January 1967 Birmingham, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999	Sussex Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition LA Matches 1 Runs scored 14 Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score 14* Balls bowled 48 Wickets 2 Bowling average 25.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/50 Catches/stumpings –/–
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

1. List A Matches played by Stuart Simmonds
2. List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stuart Simmonds
3. List A Bowling For Each Team by Stuart Simmonds
4. https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/other-bodies/cricket-writers/watching-with-my-heroes-a-tale-of-a-journeyman-cricketer/
5. "Watching With My Heroes: Amazon.co.uk: Stuart Simmonds, Derek Pringle: 9781787195837: Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
6. https://www.stuhead.co.uk/spage-books-hannah_the_spanner.html

External links

• Stuart Simmonds at Cricinfo