H H Stephenson - A Cricketing Journey: Kennington Oval To Uppingham School
By Roy Stephenson
Published by the author in 2009
7 Newtown Road Uppingham LE15 9TR with the support of Uppingham Local History Group
Price: £8.00
Available from local bookshops - ISBN 978 0 9540076 6 9
Heathfield Harman Stephenson was one of the great cricketers of the
nineteenth century. Born into a middle class background in Esher,
Surrey, he rose to become a professional cricketer, playing for both
county and country.
He achieved the first recorded ‘hat trick’ in 1858, played in Ireland and
North America with the first England touring side of 1859, captained
the first England team to tour Australia, and played cricket for Surrey
as a professional for eighteen years. In 1872 he moved to Uppingham
School to become cricket coach, a position he held until his death in
1896.
Stephenson’s namesake spent ten years researching this fine tribute to
a great cricketer whose achievements have been posthumously eclipsed
by the reputations of other contemporaries such as W G Grace.
Supported by the Uppingham Local History Study Group of which the
author has long been a member, this well illustrated volume
concentrates on Stephenson’s cricketing life at home and abroad.
However, it does more than adequately cover his latter life at
Uppingham as a coach and much respected elder of that then small
community.
Well researched and nicely produced by Century Print of Corby, this publication has received plaudits
from the cricketing world; it also provides much of interest to the local reader who is interested in one
of the most neglected notable people which Rutland’s public schools have brought to the county.
Hilary Crowden
H H Stephenson - A Cricketing Journey: Kennington Oval To Uppingham
School
By Roy Stephenson
Published by the author in 2009
7 Newtown Road Uppingham LE15 9TR with the support of Uppingham Local
History Group
Price: £8.00
Available from local bookshops - ISBN 978 0 9540076 6 9
Heathfield Harman Stephenson was one of the great
cricketers of the nineteenth century. Born into a middle class
background in Esher, Surrey, he rose to become a
professional cricketer, playing for both county and country.
He achieved the first recorded ‘hat trick’ in 1858, played in
Ireland and North America with the first England touring side
of 1859, captained the first England team to tour Australia,
and played cricket for Surrey as a professional for eighteen
years. In 1872 he moved to Uppingham School to become cricket coach, a
position he held until his death in 1896.
Stephenson’s namesake spent ten years researching this fine tribute to a great
cricketer whose achievements have been posthumously eclipsed by the
reputations of other contemporaries such as W G Grace. Supported by the
Uppingham Local History Study Group of which the author has long been a
member, this well illustrated volume concentrates on Stephenson’s cricketing
life at home and abroad. However, it does more than adequately cover his
latter life at Uppingham as a coach and much respected elder of that then
small community.
Well researched and nicely produced by Century Print of Corby, this publication
has received plaudits from the cricketing world; it also provides much of
interest to the local reader who is interested in one of the most neglected
notable people which Rutland’s public schools have brought to the county.
Hilary Crowden
