Geoffrey Stevens (cricketer)

Geoffrey Alden Stevens (17 October 1890 – 24 March 1963) was an English first-class cricketer.

Stevens was born at Norwich in October 1890 and was educated at Norwich School.[1] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Norfolk in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring South Africans at Stoke-on-Trent in 1912.[3] His second appearance in first-class cricket came the following year for L. G. Robinson's XI against Cambridge University at Attleborough.[3] His minor counties career was interrupted by the First World War, during which Stevens' served with the Royal Engineers, enlisting in March 1915 as a second lieutenant.[4] He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1915.[5] Shortly after the conclusion of the war, he was made a temporary captain in January 1919,[6] which he relinquished in January 1921.[7]

He returned to playing minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1920.[2] His third and final appearance in first-class cricket came in 1924 for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring South Africans at Lakenham.[3] He played minor counties cricket for Norfolk until 1930, having made a total of 158 appearances.[3] He was for many years one of the leading batsman in minor counties cricket, scoring 8,625 for Norfolk, which included fifteen centuries and two scores of over 200.[8] He was the secretary of Norfolk County Cricket Club from 1952–61.[8] Outside of cricket, Stevens was a civil engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[9] He died at Norwich in March 1963.[8]