Stephen Fry (cricketer)

Stephen Hope Fry (23 May 1900 – 18 May 1979) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of the cricketer C. B. Fry and his wife, Beatrice Holme Sumner, he was born at Chelsea in May 1900. Fry made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Southampton in the 1922 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances in 1922, against Oxford University and Surrey. A seven-year gap between his next appearance for Hampshire followed, with him resuming his first-class career in 1929, when he made fifteen appearances. He played for Hampshire in 1930 and 1931, though his appearances became less regular.[1] He was an attacking batsman much like his father, however it was noted by Wisden that he "lacked his father's rare qualities to implement this philosophy".[2] In 29 first-class matches for Hampshire, he scored 508 runs at an average of 10.58; he made one half century,[3] a score of 78 against Warwickshire.[4] Fry kept-wicket on occasion for Hampshire and stood in as captain for Lord Tennyson in 1931,[2] being one of five captains used that season.

Fry later owned The Master Builder Hotel on the banks of the Beaulieu River in Buckler's Hard, alongside his wife, Yvonne.[5][6] Fry died at Notting Hill in May 1979. His son, Charles, was also a first-class cricketer.