John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1903)
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John Stewart Stephenson was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played nineteen matches for Oxford University
, and sixteen for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1923 and 1926.
Born in Elloughton-cum-Brough
, Yorkshire
, England
, Stephenson was a right hand batsman, who scored 949 runs in his thirty five first-class matches, with a best of 72 against H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. He took twenty one catches in the field. He took eleven wickets with his right arm medium pace, with a best of 3 for 44 against Gloucestershire
, at an average of 47.36.
Stephenson died in October 1975 in Horsham
, Sussex
, England. His brother, Robert Stephenson, played three first-class matches for the Royal Navy
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played nineteen matches for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
, and sixteen for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
between 1923 and 1926.
Born in Elloughton-cum-Brough
Elloughton-cum-Brough
Elloughton-cum-Brough, a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Hull city centre and covering an area of .It comprises the town of Brough and the village of Elloughton....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Stephenson was a right hand batsman, who scored 949 runs in his thirty five first-class matches, with a best of 72 against H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. He took twenty one catches in the field. He took eleven wickets with his right arm medium pace, with a best of 3 for 44 against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, at an average of 47.36.
Stephenson died in October 1975 in Horsham
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, England. His brother, Robert Stephenson, played three first-class matches for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy Cricket Club
The Royal Navy Cricket Club is a cricket team representing the British Royal Navy and based at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth, Hampshire...
.