Edward Stephenson (cricketer)

Edward Keppel Stephenson (22 March 1891 – 21 April 1969) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and educator.

Edward Stephenson
Personal information
Full name
Edward Keppel Stephenson
Born22 March 1891
Kensington, London, England
Died21 April 1969(1969-04-21) (aged 78)
Blyth, Suffolk, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1914Norfolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2019

The son of Major Keppel Stephenson and his wife, Helena Mary Greathed, he was born at Kensington in March 1891.[1] He was educated at Eton College,[2] before going up to Merton College, Oxford.[3] He played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1914, making a single appearance in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]

He served during the First World War with the Coldstream Guards, enlisting as a second lieutenant in August 1914,[5] with confirmation in the rank in February 1915.[6] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in August 1915.[7] He was promoted to the rank of captain in January 1917,[8] before being seconded to British India in March 1917, where he served as aide-de-camp to the Governor of Bengal.[9] While in British India, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for a Bengal Governor's XI against a Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI at Calcutta in November 1917.[10] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Governor's XI first-innings without scoring by Jack Newman, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for the same score by Frank Tarrant.[11]

Following the conclusion of the war, he became a schoolteacher at Radley College,[3] where he was active in the Radley Contingent of the Officers' Training Corps.[12] He resigned his commission in 1921, retaining the rank of captain.[13] He was a partner in the Farnborough School at Hampshire, which was dissolved in 1928.[14] He died in April 1969 at Blyth, Suffolk.

References

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  1. ^ "Edward Keppel Stephenson". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Register, 1847-1923. Radleian Society at the University Press. 1923. p. 29.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edward Stephenson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 28894". The London Gazette. 8 September 1914. p. 7100.
  6. ^ "No. 29063". The London Gazette. 9 February 1915. p. 1333.
  7. ^ "No. 29393". The London Gazette. 7 December 1915. p. 12200.
  8. ^ "No. 30295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 September 1917. p. 9742.
  9. ^ "No. 30156". The London Gazette. 29 June 1917. p. 6437.
  10. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Stephenson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Bengal Governor's XI v Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI, 1917/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  12. ^ "No. 31735". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 January 1920. p. 689.
  13. ^ "No. 32269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 March 1921. p. 2396.
  14. ^ "No. 33421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1928. p. 6056.
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