| Stephen Botting | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Stephen Hovey Botting |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1845 |
| Birth Place: | Higham, Kent |
| Death Place: | Shorne, Kent |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Kent |
| Year1: | 1867–1875 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 27 |
| Bat Avg1: | 6.75 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 20 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 2 February |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9876.html CricInfo |
Stephen Hovey Botting (5 November 1845 – 23 January 1927) was an English cricketer. Botting was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Higham in Kent in 1845.[1]
Botting played club cricket regularly at Cobham. He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Sussex in 1867 at Ashford Road, Eastbourne in a match arranged by players rather than an official of either club.[2] He made a second first-class appearance for Kent against the same opposition at the County Ground, Hove, in 1875.[2] [3]
Botting worked as a labourer and gardener throughout his life and played cricket as a professional. He married Jane Stevens in 1870, with the couple having 13 children.[2] He died at Shorne near Gravesend, Kent on 23 January 1927 aged 81.[4]