{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Andy Stovold | image = | country = England | fullname = Andrew Willis Stovold | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Southmead, Bristol, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Opening batsman, wicketkeeper | family = Neil Stovold (son)<br>Nicholas Stovold (son)<br>Martin Stovold (brother) | club1 = Gloucestershire | year1 = 1973–1990 | club2 = Orange Free State | year2 = 1974/75–1975/76 | club3 = | year3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 354 | runs1 = 17,705 | bat avg1 = 29.75 | 100s/50s1 = 20/97 | top score1 = 212* | deliveries1 = 309 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 54.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/0 | catches/stumpings1 = 289/45 | column2 = LA | matches2 = 294 | runs2 = 7,271 | bat avg2 = 28.73 | 100s/50s2 = 4/36 | top score2 = 123 | deliveries2 = | wickets2 = | bowl avg2 = | fivefor2 = | tenfor2 = | best bowling2 = | catches/stumpings2 = 142/21 | date = 19 June | year = 2012 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11157/11157.html CricketArchive }} '''Andrew Willis Stovold''' (born 19 March 1953) is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who represented Gloucestershire from 1973 to 1990. He also played in South Africa for Orange Free State in 1974–75 and 1975–76.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Stovold |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11157/11157.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref>
Stovold was man of the match in the final when Gloucestershire won the 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gloucestershire v Kent at Lord's, 16 July 1977|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977/ENG_LOCAL/B+H/GLOUCS_KENT_B+H_16JUL1977.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Roger |title=Andy Stovold has so many good memories of Cheltenham Cricket Festival |url=https://thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/cricket/1807-all-general-stovold-cricket.aspx |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=The Local Answer |date=18 July 2018}}</ref> and also played when the county won the 1973 Gillette Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloucs vs Sussex, Final at London, Sep 01 1973 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1973-416411/gloucestershire-vs-sussex-final-224690/full-scorecard |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> His highest first-class score was 212 not out against Northamptonshire in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire 1982 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/ENG_LOCAL/CC/NORTHANTS_GLOUCS_CC_28-30JUL1982.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> In the 1981 season he made 18 stumpings, more than anybody else in England.<ref>''Wisden'' 1982, p. 299.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20362.html ESPN Cricinfo]
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