Ned Stephenson

Edwin "Ned" Stephenson (5 June 1832 – 5 July 1898), sometimes erroneously called Edward, was an English first-class cricketer from 1857 to 1873. He was a specialist wicket-keeper who played for Sheffield Cricket Club and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club when it was founded in 1863.^[1]

Stephenson was born in Headford Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. According to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Stephenson was a right-handed batsman and an occasional right arm fast (roundarm) bowler. In the 1850s, Stephenson ran a tobacconist and cricket ball shop on Bramall Lane, Sheffield, which was close to the ground that became home to both Yorkshire CCC and Sheffield United Football Club.

In 1861, along with his fellow Yorkshireman Roger Iddison, Stephenson sailed to Australia as part of the first England cricket team to visit there. On 1, 3, and 4 March 1862, he was part of The World team that defeated a Surrey XI at Melbourne Cricket Ground by six wickets.

His swan song was as part of a winning Yorkshire team against Lancashire County Cricket Club at Bramall Lane on 1 July 1873, in front of a partisan Sheffield crowd, and alongside his long-time cricketing partner and fellow Sheffielder, Joseph Rowbotham.

Stephenson died at Tue Brook Asylum for Inebriates in Liverpool in July 1898, aged 66.

Bibliography

• Scores and Biographies by Arthur Haygarth

References

1. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4. 

External links

• CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Stephenson, Ned
Alternative names
Short description	English county cricketer
Date of birth	5 June 1832
Place of birth	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	5 July 1898
Place of death	Liverpool, Lancashire, England