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Stewie Dempster

Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974)

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Born
November 15, 1903
Died
February 14, 1974
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1903

About Stewie Dempster

Charles Stewart Dempster was a New Zealand Test cricketer and coach. As well as representing New Zealand, he also played for Wellington, Scotland, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. 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. 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. 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.

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Stewie Dempster timeline

  1. 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.
  2. Dempster made his first first-class appearance for Wellington against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve over new year 1921/1922 scoring 10 and 1.
  3. Dempster first toured with New Zealand in 1927, when no Test matches were played, and headed the touring team's first-class batting averages.
  4. 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.

The world when Stewie Dempster was born

Stewie Dempster was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stewie Dempster's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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