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Gavin Stevens
Fullname:Gavin Byron Stevens
Birth Date:29 February 1932
Birth Place:Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:South Australia
Year1:1952–53 to 1958–59
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Matches1:4
Runs1:112
Bat Avg1:16.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:28
Deliveries1:0
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:2/0
Column2:First-class
Matches2:47
Runs2:3061
Bat Avg2:38.26
100S/50S2:7/11
Top Score2:259*
Deliveries2:224
Wickets2:3
Bowl Avg2:41.00
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:2/16
Catches/Stumpings2:34/0
International:true
Country:Australia
Testdebutagainst:Pakistan
Testdebutdate:21 November
Testdebutyear:1959
Testcap:214
Lasttestdate:1 January
Lasttestagainst:India
Lasttestyear:1960
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7674.html Cricinfo

Gavin Byron Stevens (born 29 February 1932) is a former Australian cricketer who played in four Tests in the 1959–60 season.

An opening batsman, Stevens made his debut for South Australia in 1952–53. He scored consistently in the Sheffield Shield in 1956–57, 1957–58, and in 1958–59, when he made 951 runs in the season at 59.43 with three centuries.[1] In December 1958, against New South Wales in Sydney, he made 57 and 259 not out.[2]

Stevens was selected for Australia's tour to Pakistan and India in 1959–60 and played two Tests in each country with a top score of 28 against Pakistan in Karachi, before contracting a severe case of hepatitis. Although he recovered, he never played first-class cricket again.[3]

His older brother Bob was an amateur golfer who won the Australian Amateur in 1952.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Gavin Stevens . CricketArchive . 30 April 2020.
  2. Web site: New South Wales v South Australia 1958–59 . ESPNcricinfo . 30 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Gavin Stevens . ESPNcricinfo . 30 April 2020.
  4. News: Successful Brothers . . 69 . 21006 . Western Australia . 17 November 1953 . 13 February 2021 . 20 . National Library of Australia.