Stephen Peter Coverdale (born 20 November 1954 in York, Yorkshire, England) is an English retired first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1974 to 1977, for Yorkshire from 1973 to 1980, and then for Northamptonshire in 1987. Coverdale was educated at

St Peter's School, York St Peter's School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school (also referred to as a public school), in the English City of York, with extensive grounds on the banks of the River Ouse. Founded by St Paulinus of York in AD 627, ...

, and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

. A wicket-keeper- batsman, he won four

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at Cambridge, and made 46 first-class appearances, scoring 1,245 runs at 18.04, with a top score of 75. He took 41 catches and 10

stumping Stumped is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket, which involves the wicket-keeper putting down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground. (The batsman leaves his ground when he has moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease ...

s, and took a wicket in his only first-class over, which was also a maiden. He had a distinguished career in cricket administration, before joining a hospitality firm, European Events, in 2005. A qualified

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, Coverdale joined the BBC as a broadcaster and Head of Department, before being appointed as Chief Executive of

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northa ...

in 1985, a post he held for a record nineteen years. His broadcasting career included a spell during the early 80s as anchorman for the

BBC Radio Leeds BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of West Yorkshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at St Peter's Square in Leeds. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audienc ...

Saturday sports programme during the winter months. He is the father of Paul Coverdale, a cricketing all-rounder who was, until 2007, on Northamptonshire's staff.

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