Henry Stevenson

{{short description|Scotland international rugby union & cricket player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Henry Stevenson | image = | caption = | birth_name = Henry James Stevenson | birth_date = 12 July 1867 | birth_place = Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian | height = | weight = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1945|8|8|1867|7|12}} | death_place = Corstorphine, Edinburgh | position = Fullback | repteam1 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1888-1893<ref name=Bath>Bath, p105</ref> | repcaps1 = 15 | reppoints1 = 3 | ru_ntupdate = | provinceyears1 = 1888 | provinceyears2 = 1889 | province1 = Edinburgh District | province2 = East of Scotland District | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | amatyears1 = | ru_clubupdate = | apps1 = | points1 = | amatteam1 = Edinburgh Academicals<ref name=Bath/> }}

'''Henry James Stevenson''' (12 July 1867 – 8 August 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at full back. He also played first-class cricket.

==Rugby Union career== ===Amateur career=== Stevenson played for Edinburgh Academicals.

===Provincial career=== Stevenson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1 December 1888 inter-city match. Stevenson played as a half back that match with Henry Chambers taking the Full back position.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qVlEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=87EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3586%2C5487123 Matches under rugby rules]</ref>

Stevenson also played the same position for East of Scotland District in their 26 January 1889 match against West of Scotland District.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002723/18890201/102/0008 Biritish newspaper archive] {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref>

===International career=== Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which were joint winners with England the previous Championship. The only points of his career were scored through a drop goal in a win against Wales at Edinburgh during their Triple Crown year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/818.html|title=Henry Stevenson|publisher=Scrum.com}}</ref>

==Cricket career== On the cricket field Stevenson was a slow underarm bowler and right-handed batsman. He appeared in five first-class matches between 1901 and 1905, once for the PF Warner's XI, another with HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club and once with Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27160/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Stevenson|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> He managed four wickets at 67.25 and scored 104 runs at 11.55, with a highest score of 35. His biggest wicket was that of Australian Test batsman Reggie Duff, whom he dismissed in one of his matches for Marylebone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6064.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Australians 1902|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> His nephew, Alexander Stevenson, was also a first-class cricketer.

==References== {{Reflist|1}}

;Sources {{refbegin}} * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1905326246}}) {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25360.html Cricinfo: Henry Stevenson]

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