Henry Stevenson

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Henry Stevenson
Birth nameHenry James Stevenson
Date of birth12 July 1867
Place of birth Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian
Date of death8 August 1945(1945-08-08) (aged 78)
Place of death Corstorphine, Edinburgh
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Edinburgh Academicals [1] ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1888 Edinburgh District ()
1889 East of Scotland District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1888-1893 [1] Scotland 15 (3)

Henry James Stevenson (12 July 1867 – 8 August 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Full back. He also played first-class cricket.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Stevenson played for Edinburgh Academicals.

Provincial career

Stevenson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1 December 1888 inter-city match. Stevenson played as a Half back that match with Henry Chambers taking the Full back position. [2]

Stevenson also played the same position for East of Scotland District in their 26 January 1889 match against West of Scotland District. [3]

International career

Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which were joint winners with England the previous Championship. The only points of his career were scored through a drop goal in a win against Wales at Edinburgh during their Triple Crown year. [4]

Cricket career

On the cricket field Stevenson was a slow underarm bowler and right-handed batsman. He appeared in five first-class matches between 1901 and 1905, once for the PF Warner's XI, another with HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club and once with Scotland. [5] He managed four wickets at 67.25 and scored 104 runs at 11.55, with a highest score of 35. His biggest wicket was that of Australian Test batsman Reggie Duff, whom he dismissed in one of his matches for Marylebone. [6] His nephew, Alexander Stevenson, was also a first-class cricketer.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bath, p105
  2. Matches under rugby rules
  3. Biritish newspaper archive [ dead link ]
  4. "Henry Stevenson". Scrum.com.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Stevenson". CricketArchive.
  6. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Australians 1902". CricketArchive.
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