John Stewart Stephenson (10 November 1903 – 7 October 1975) was an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

er, who played nineteen matches for

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, and sixteen for

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between 1923 and 1926. Born in

Elloughton-cum-Brough Elloughton-cum-Brough is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Hull city centre and covering an area of . It comprises the town of Brough and the village of Elloughton. In 2011 the parish ...

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, Stephenson was a right hand batsman, who scored 949 runs in his thirty five first-class matches, with a best of 72 against

H. D. G. Leveson-Gower Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower ( ; 8 May 1873 – 1 February 1954) was an English cricketer from the Leveson-Gower family. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey and captained England in Test cricket. His school n ...

's XI. He took twenty one catches in the field. He took eleven wickets with his right arm medium pace, with a best of 3 for 44 against

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, at an average of 47.36. Stephenson died in October 1975 in

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, England. His brother, Robert Stephenson, played three first-class matches for the

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1903 births 1975 deaths Yorkshire cricketers People from Elloughton-cum-Brough English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Cricketers from Yorkshire Alumni of University College, Oxford People educated at Shrewsbury School {{england-cricket-bio-1900s-stub