Stephen Botting
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| Full name | Stephen Hovey Botting | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
5 November 1845 Higham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died |
23 January 1927 (aged 81) Gravesend, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1867–1875 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 2 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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, though he did not bowl in first-class cricket. He was born at Higham, Kent.
Botting made his first-class debut for Kent against Sussex in 1867 at Ashford Road, Eastbourne. In Kent's first-innings of 162, Botting was run out for 2 runs, while in their second-innings of 134 he was promoted to open the batting, scoring 20 runs before he was once again run out. Kent won the match by 31 runs.[1] He later made a second first-class appearance for Kent against the same opposition at the County Ground, Hove, in 1875.[2] In this match, Botting was run out for a single run in Kent's first-innings of 89, while in their second-innings of 59 he was dismissed by James Lillywhite for 4 runs. Sussex won by an innings and 266 runs.[3]
He died at Gravesend, Kent on 23 January 1927.
References
- ↑ "Sussex v Kent, 1867". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Stephen Botting". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Sussex v Kent, 1875". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2012.