Steve Atkinson (cricketer)

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Steve Atkinson
country = Hong Kong
fullname = Stephen Robert Atkinson
nickname =
living = true
partialdates =
dayofbirth = 8
monthofbirth = 12
yearofbirth = 1952
placeofbirth = Birtley, Durham
countryofbirth = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Not known
role = Batsman
club1 = Minor Counties
year1 = 1985-1989
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Minor Counties East
year2 = 1978
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Minor Counties North
year3 = 1974
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Durham
year4 = 1973-1985
deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 1
runs1 = 63
bat avg1 = 63.00
100s/50s1 = 0/1
top score1 = 63
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
column2 = List A
matches2 = 23
runs2 = 453
bat avg2 = 19.69
100s/50s2 = 0/2
top score2 = 84
deliveries2 = 0
wickets2 = -
bowl avg2 = -
fivefor2 = -
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = -
catches/stumpings2 = 7/0
column3 = ICC Trophy
matches3 = 16
runs3 = 618
bat avg3 = 47.53
100s/50s3 = 2/3
top score3 = 162
deliveries3 = 6
wickets3 = 0
bowl avg3 = -
fivefor3 = 0
tenfor3 = n/a
best bowling3 = 0/37
catches/stumpings3 = 9/0
date = 21 October
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/15312.html Cricket Archive

Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson (born 8 December 1952 in Durham, England) [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24180.html Cricinfo profile] ] is an English-born cricketer who has represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/15312.html Cricket Archive profile] ]

A right-handed batsman, he also played minor counties cricket for Durham and played for the second XIs of first-class counties Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/all_teams.html Teams played for by Steve Atkinson] at CricketArchive]

Career

After making his debut for Durham in 1972, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, playing the following month against Essex in the same competition. He played in the Benson & Hedges Cup for a Minor Counties North team in 1974, in addition to two matches for Durham in the Gillette Cup. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Steve Atkinson] at CricketArchive]

He next played List A cricket for Durham in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire, and played for Minor Counties North in the following years Benson & Hedges Cup, also playing for Durham in the Gillette Cup the same year, and the subsequent three years.

He played his final List A match for Durham against Kent in 1985, and all his subsequent List A matches were for a combined Minor Counties team. Also in 1985, he played his only first-class match, for a combined Minor Counties team against Zimbabwe. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Steve Atkinson] at CricketArchive] The following year, he play for the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/15/15312/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Steve Atkinson] at CricketArchive] and scored 162 against Israel, the second highest score for the Netherlands in ICC Trophy competition [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/Netherlands/Icct/Highest_Player_Scores_Netherlands.html Centuries for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy] at CricketArchive] and the fourth highest overall. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/Icct/Overall/Highest_Player_Scores.html Centuries in the ICC Trophy] at CricketArchive]

He continued to play for Durham for the next three years, though he eventually settled in Hong Kong, where his son (who has played cricket for Hong Kong) was born in 1990. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/95/95004/95004.html Jamie Atkinson] at CricketArchive] He played for Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy. He now is the selector for Hong Kong's junior teams. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/308274.html HKCA announces new selection panel] , 25 August 2007 at Cricinfo]

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