Edwin Stephenson (actor)
Edwin Stephenson may refer to: * Edwin Stephenson (cricketer) (1832–1898), English cricketer * Edwin Stephenson (organist) Edwin Stephenson (1871–1922) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham. Background He was born in Windermere, Cumbria in 1871. He was a pupil at the Royal College of Music. His career started early ...

Edwin Stephenson (cricketer)
Edwin Stephenson (5 June 1832 – 5 July 1898), sometimes erroneously called Edward, was an English first-class cricketer from 1857 to 1873. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Sheffield Cricket Club, and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club when the latter was founded in 1863. Stephenson was born in Headford Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. According to ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', Stephenson was a right-handed batsman, a wicketkeeper and an occasional right arm fast roundarm bowler. In the 1850s, he ran a tobacconist and cricket ball shop on Bramall Lane, Sheffield, which was close to the ground that became home to both Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Sheffield United Football Club. In 1861, along with his fellow Yorkshireman Roger Iddison, Stephenson sailed to Australia on the SS Great Britain as part of the first England cricket team to visit there. On 1, 3 and 4 March 1862, he was part of The World team that defeated a Surrey XI at Melbourne Cricket Ground by s ...
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