Country: | England |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Alden Stevens |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1890 |
Birth Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
Death Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Norfolk |
Year1: | 1907 - 1930 |
Club2: | Minor Counties |
Year2: | 1912 - 1924 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 56 |
Bat Avg1: | 11.20 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 20 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
Date: | 12 June |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21025.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Alden Stevens (17 October 1890 - 24 March 1963) was an English first-class cricketer.
Stevens was born at Norwich in October 1890 and was educated at Norwich School.[1] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Norfolk in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring South Africans at Stoke-on-Trent in 1912.[3] His second appearance in first-class cricket came the following year for L. G. Robinson's XI against Cambridge University at Attleborough.[3] His minor counties career was interrupted by the First World War, during which Stevens' served with the Royal Engineers, enlisting in March 1915 as a second lieutenant. He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1915. Shortly after the conclusion of the war, he was made a temporary captain in January 1919, which he relinquished in January 1921.
He returned to playing minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1920.[2] His third and final appearance in first-class cricket came in 1924 for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring South Africans at Lakenham.[3] He played minor counties cricket for Norfolk until 1930, having made a total of 158 appearances.[3] He was for many years one of the leading batsman in minor counties cricket, scoring 8,625 for Norfolk, which included fifteen centuries and two scores of over 200.[4] He was the secretary of Norfolk County Cricket Club from 1952 - 61.[4] Outside of cricket, Stevens was a civil engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[5] He died at Norwich in March 1963.[4]