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| Full name | Eric James Henry Stephens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1909 Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1983 (aged 74) Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Eric Stephens (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1937 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 August 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eric 'Jimmy' Stephens (23 March 1909 – 3 April 1983) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1927 and 1937,[1] and professional rugby.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Stephens was born in Gloucester on 25 February 1909, the son of John James Stephens and Amy Stephens (née Wood). He was one of 6 children born to the couple and lived on Frampton Road, Gloucester.[2]
Career
[edit]Rugby (1926-1935)
[edit]Stephens represented Gloucester Rugby between 1926 and 1930, and played as a fly-half or centre. He played 53 first team games, scoring 27 points, and was capped twice by Gloucestershire[3]. In 1929, he moved to Birmingham to play rugby professionally, then returning in 1935. After returning, he played instead for the Wagon Works Rugby Football Club.[2]
Cricket (1927-1937)
[edit]Eric Stephens started his cricket career in 1927. On 8 May 1935, he played against Oxford University. In the Gloucester first innings, he scored 15 runs. In the Oxford first inning, he scored 18 runs and 2 overs. And in the Gloucester second inning, he scored 53 runs.[1]
Later life
[edit]On 25 August 1935, Stephens married Ivy Ethel Keys. Stephens played soccer with the Southern League soccer and, later, boules. He had four daughters and one son, Eric Stephens, in 1939.[2] Stephens' wife, Ivy Ethel Keys, died in 1954, aged 47 years. Stephens died whilst living in Tuffley Avenue on 6 March 1983, aged 84 years.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Eric Stephens". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Extended Families: The Halford, Bagwell, Manley, Jackson, Dix, Mace, George, Pegler, Keys, Stephens, Hamblin and Goddard Families" (PDF). Gloucester Rugby Heritage. 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Collier, Chris; King, Malc; Theyers, John (9 December 2022). Gloucester Rugby The Players (1st ed.). Gloucester: The Hobnob Press (published 2022). pp. Appendix 59. ISBN 978-1914407-46-8.
External links
[edit]- Eric Stephens at Cricinfo
- Eric Stephens at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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