Graham Barry Stevenson (born 16 December 1955, Ackworth, West Yorkshire

Ackworth, West Yorkshire

Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Pontefract, Barnsley and Doncaster on the small River Went. The village consists of four parts, High Ackworth, Low Ackworth, Ackworth Moortop, and Brackenhill...

, England) is an English former cricket

Cricket

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er, who played in two Tests

Test cricket

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 and four One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1981.

His county cricket

County cricket

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 career was spent mainly with Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 and, latterly, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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.

Life and career

Stevenson was a right-armed fast bowler

Fast bowling

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, who also found occasional success as a right-handed lower order

Batting order (cricket)

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  batsman, and very occasional wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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; playing for Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

 from 1973 to 1986, and for Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

 in 1987. Stevenson took 488 first-class

First-class cricket

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 wickets in 188 games at an average of 28.84, with an additional 307 wickets in the one day game. He scored two first-class centuries, with a top score of 115 not out. Wth that innings, Stevenson became only the eighth No. 11 to make a first-class hundred, in a partnership of 149 with Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen...

 against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 at Edgbaston

Edgbaston Cricket Ground

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 in 1982. That partnership remains Yorkshire's all-time record for the tenth wicket.

Stevenson made all his international appearances on tour with England. He travelled to Australia

Australian cricket team

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 and India

Indian cricket team

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 in 1979–80, and to the West Indies in 1980–81. He made his One Day International debut in Australia, in the World Series Cup

World Series Cup

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, taking four wickets and scoring 28 not out in a winning cause.

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