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==Early career== | ==Early career== | ||
Rogers was born at [[Muswell Hill]], one of three sons of Reginald Scott Rogers and Marjorie Rogers née Prince. A fair-haired right-handed middle-order batsman who sometimes opened the innings, Stuart Rogers was educated at [[Highgate School]] from 1935 to 1941, playing in the cricket XI for four years and also captaining the [[Association football|soccer]] XI. He went on to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] before [[Enlisted rank|enlisting]] in 1943, serving in the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|6th Gurkhas]] and the [[Chindits]] during the [[Second World War]] and eventually becoming a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]. He played in the wartime university matches against [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] at both soccer and cricket in 1941–1942.<ref name="Register">{{cite book|last1=ed. Tucker|first1=Rodney C|title=Highgate School Register 1838-1950|page=372|edition=5th}}</ref><ref name="IA">{{cite web|title=Indian Army Officers 1939-1945|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_R01.html|accessdate=29 March | Rogers was born at [[Muswell Hill]], one of three sons of Reginald Scott Rogers and Marjorie Rogers née Prince. A fair-haired right-handed middle-order batsman who sometimes opened the innings, Stuart Rogers was educated at [[Highgate School]] from 1935 to 1941, playing in the cricket XI for four years and also captaining the [[Association football|soccer]] XI. He went on to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] before [[Enlisted rank|enlisting]] in 1943, serving in the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|6th Gurkhas]] and the [[Chindits]] during the [[Second World War]] and eventually becoming a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]. He played in the wartime university matches against [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] at both soccer and cricket in 1941–1942.<ref name="Register">{{cite book|last1=ed. Tucker|first1=Rodney C|title=Highgate School Register 1838-1950|page=372|edition=5th}}</ref><ref name="IA">{{cite web|title=Indian Army Officers 1939-1945|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_R01.html|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref> | ||
After one first-class appearance in India in 1946–47, he joined Somerset as an amateur player in 1948, appearing in seven matches but making little impact. The following year, Rogers played 13 times, appearing in two periods of the season. In June, he made his first three 50s, with 54 against [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1949|the New Zealanders]], 51 against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] and 61 against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in successive matches.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18879.html | title = Somerset v New Zealand |date = 1949-06-01 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18888.html | title = Somerset v Gloucestershire|date = 1949-06-04 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18893.html | title = Hampshire v Somerset |date = 1949-06-08 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref> He was less successful in August, when the efforts of other amateurs helped Somerset to overcome the handicap of losing 15 out of 26 [[County Championship]] matches, as many as any other county side, and finish joint ninth out of 17.<ref>{{Cite book | title = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] | edition = 1950 | publisher = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] | chapter = Somerset in 1949 | pages = 476–493}}</ref> | After one first-class appearance in India in 1946–47, he joined Somerset as an amateur player in 1948, appearing in seven matches but making little impact. The following year, Rogers played 13 times, appearing in two periods of the season. In June, he made his first three 50s, with 54 against [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1949|the New Zealanders]], 51 against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] and 61 against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in successive matches.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18879.html | title = Somerset v New Zealand |date = 1949-06-01 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18888.html | title = Somerset v Gloucestershire|date = 1949-06-04 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18893.html | title = Hampshire v Somerset |date = 1949-06-08 |publisher = cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-06-24}}</ref> He was less successful in August, when the efforts of other amateurs helped Somerset to overcome the handicap of losing 15 out of 26 [[County Championship]] matches, as many as any other county side, and finish joint ninth out of 17.<ref>{{Cite book | title = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] | edition = 1950 | publisher = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] | chapter = Somerset in 1949 | pages = 476–493}}</ref> | ||