Gavin Stevens

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{for multi|the New Zealand cyclist|Gavin Stevens (cyclist)|the William Faulkner character|Gavin Stevens (character)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gavin Stevens

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Gavin Byron Stevens

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|2|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| club1 = South Australia

| year1 = 1952–53 to 1958–59

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 112

| bat avg1 = 16.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 28

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 2/0

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 47

| runs2 = 3061

| bat avg2 = 38.26

| 100s/50s2 = 7/11

| top score2 = 259*

| deliveries2 = 224

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 41.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/16

| catches/stumpings2= 34/0

| international = true

| country = Australia

| testdebutfor =

| testdebutagainst = Pakistan

| testdebutdate = 21 November

| testdebutyear = 1959

| testcap = 214

| lasttestdate = 1 January

| lasttestfor =

| lasttestagainst = India

| lasttestyear = 1960

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7674.html Cricinfo

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Gavin Byron Stevens (born 29 February 1932) is a former Australian cricketer who played in four Tests in the 1959–60 season.

An opening batsman, Stevens made his debut for South Australia in 1952–53. He scored consistently in the Sheffield Shield in 1956–57, 1957–58, and in 1958–59, when he made 951 runs in the season at 59.43 with three centuries.{{cite web |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Gavin Stevens |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1116/f_Batting_by_Season.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=30 April 2020}} In December 1958, against New South Wales in Sydney, he made 57 and 259 not out.{{cite web |title=New South Wales v South Australia 1958–59 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1958-59/AUS_LOCAL/SS/NSW_SOA_SS_05-09DEC1958.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 April 2020}}

Stevens was selected for Australia's tour to Pakistan and India in 1959–60 and played two Tests in each country with a top score of 28 against Pakistan in Karachi, before contracting a severe case of hepatitis. Although he recovered, he never played first-class cricket again.{{cite web |title=Gavin Stevens |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7674.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 April 2020}}

His older brother Bob was an amateur golfer who won the Australian Amateur in 1952.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52941357 |title=Successful Brothers |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=69 |issue=21006 |location=Western Australia |date=17 November 1953 |access-date=13 February 2021 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}