Stephen Botting

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]

Stephen Botting
Personal information
Full name
Stephen Hovey Botting
Born(1845-11-05)5 November 1845
Higham, Kent
Died23 January 1927(1927-01-23) (aged 81)
Shorne, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1867–1875Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 27
Batting average 6.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 20
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 2 February 2012

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.[1][4]

References
  1. Stephen Botting, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 81–82. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. Stephen Botting, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-02. (subscription required)
  4. Botting, Stephen, Obituaries in 1927, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1928. Retrieved 2017-04-03.

Stephen Botting at ESPNcricinfo


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