Graham Stevenson

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Graham Stevenson

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| country = England

| fullname = Graham Barry Stevenson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1955|12|16|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|1|21|1955|12|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ackworth, West Yorkshire

| nickname =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Bowler

| family =

| international = true

| testdebutdate = 15 February

| testdebutyear = 1980

| testdebutagainst = India

| testcap =

| lasttestdate = 27 March

| lasttestyear = 1981

| lasttestagainst = West Indies

| odidebutdate = 14 January

| odidebutyear = 1980

| odidebutagainst = Australia

| odicap =

| lastodidate = 26 February

| lastodiyear = 1981

| lastodiagainst = West Indies

| odishirt =

| club1 = Yorkshire

| year1 = 1973–1986

| club2 = Northamptonshire

| year2 = 1987

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 28

| bat avg1 = 28.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 27*

| deliveries1 = 312

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 36.60

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/111

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 43

| bat avg2 = 43.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 28*

| deliveries2 = 192

| wickets2 = 7

| bowl avg2 = 17.85

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/33

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 188

| runs3 = 3,965

| bat avg3 = 20.33

| 100s/50s3 = 2/16

| top score3 = 115*

| deliveries3 = 26,668

| wickets3 = 488

| bowl avg3 = 28.84

| fivefor3 = 18

| tenfor3 = 2

| best bowling3 = 8/57

| catches/stumpings3 = 18/2

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 225

| runs4 = 1,794

| bat avg4 = 13.00

| 100s/50s4 = 0/2

| top score4 = 81*

| deliveries4 = 10,191

| wickets4 = 307

| bowl avg4 = 23.07

| fivefor4 = 4

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 5/27

| catches/stumpings4 = 4/–

| date = 24 May

| year = 2009

| source = http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20363.html CricInfo

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Graham Barry Stevenson (16 December 1955 – 21 January 2014) was an English cricketer, who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1981.{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20363.html|title=Player Profile: Graham Stevenson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=24 May 2009}}

His county cricket career was spent mainly with Yorkshire and, latterly, Northamptonshire.

Life and career

Stevenson was born in 1955 in Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/162 162] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/162 }} He was a right-armed fast bowler, who also found occasional success as a right-handed lower order batsman, and very occasional wicket-keeper; playing for Yorkshire from 1973 to 1986, and for Northamptonshire in 1987. Stevenson took 488 first-class wickets in 188 games at an average of 28.84, with an additional 307 wickets in the one day game. He scored two first-class centuries, with a top score of 115 not out. With that innings, Stevenson became only the eighth No. 11 to make a first-class hundred, in a partnership of 149 with Geoffrey Boycott against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/ENG_LOCAL/CC/WARWICKS_YORKS_CC_19-21MAY1982.html|title=Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Birmingham, 19-21 May 1982|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=5 October 2021}} That partnership remains Yorkshire's all-time record for the tenth wicket.{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=299 }}

Stevenson made all his international appearances on tour with England. He travelled to Australia and India in 1979–80, and to the West Indies in 1980–81. He made his One Day International debut in Australia, in the World Series Cup, taking four wickets and scoring 28 not out in a winning cause.

Stevenson died of complications of a stroke on 21 January 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25844672|title=Graham Stevenson: Former Yorkshire and England player dies|date=22 January 2014|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 January 2014}} He was 58.

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