Stuart Lampitt (born 29 July 1966, in

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) is a former English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Worcestershire from 1985 to 2002. During his career he was victorious in the 1986 final of the William Younger Cup, and the final of the

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in 1994. He also played in the Worcestershire side which won the County Championship in 1989, appearing especially in the second half of the season. Lampitt also helped his team to the semi-finals of the

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of 1995. He took 370

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wickets in all for Worcestershire, a record for the county. He appeared eleventh on the national first-class bowling averages for 1994, one of his best seasons, taking 64 wickets at 23.18. Lampitt played his last first-class matches in 2001, but continued for another season as a one-day specialist. He made one final List A appearance in 2003, for the recreational Worcestershire Cricket Board team against the professional Worcestershire side in the

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, but had little success, bowling ten wicketless overs for 67 and scoring 26

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. After retiring Lampitt took up a full-time position as Cricket Development Officer for the Worcestershire Cricket Board. In November 2017 he became the administrator of the

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, the biggest cricket league in Worcestershire and a feeder to the

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