Frederick Stephenson (New Zealand cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frederick Stephenson

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Frederick Charles Stephenson

| birth_date = 1871

| birth_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

| death_date = 21 April {{death year and age|1944|1871}}

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| batting =

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Otago

| year1 = 1890/91

| club2 = Wellington

| year2 = 1891/92

| club3 = Canterbury

| year3 = {{nowrap|1895/95–1896/97}}

| club4 = Wellington

| year4 = 1897/98–1904/05

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 14

| runs1 = 155

| bat avg1 = 7.38

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 34

| deliveries1 = 1,521

| wickets1 = 27

| bowl avg1 = 25.37

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/58

| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–

| date = 12 December

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38557.html Cricinfo

}}

Frederick Stephenson (1871 – 21 April 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury, Otago and Wellington between the 1890–92 and 1904–05 seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38557.html |title=Frederick Stephenson |accessdate=25 May 2016 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}

Stephenson was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1871 and was educated in the city. He worked for 50 years for Bing, Harris and Company, a soft good firm, moving from Dunedin, to Invercargill and then to Christchurch before settling in Wellington.{{cite journal|title=Obituary: Mr F. C. Stephenson|journal=Evening Post|date=22 April 1944|volume=CXXXVII|issue=95|page= 8|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440422.2.68|accessdate=11 December 2017}}McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 125. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.) A right-arm off-spin bowler, he made his senior representative debut in January 1891, playing for Otago against Canterbury at Christchurch. During the following season he played one first-class match for Wellington and between 1893–94 and 1894–95 played other matches for Southland before the team held first-class status.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22921/22921.html Frederick Stephenson], CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2024. {{subscription required}}

After moving to Christchurch for work, he played for Canterbury during the 1895–96 and 1896–97 seasons, before moving to play for Wellington. In 14 first-class matches Stephenson took 27 wickets. His best bowling figures were 7 for 58 (all bowled) and 5 for 28 in Wellington's loss to Canterbury in 1902–03.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6120.html| title = Canterbury v Wellington 1902-03| publisher = CricketArchive|url-access=subscription | accessdate =12 December 2017}}

As well as cricket, Stephenson played rugby union. He and his wife had two sons and an adopted daughter. He died at Wellington in April 1944.