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| Full name | Stephen Hovey Botting | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1845-11-05)5 November 1845 Higham, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 January 1927(1927-01-23) (aged 81) Shorne,Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | 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 Englishcricketer. Botting was a right-handedbatsman who bowled right-armmedium pace. He was born atHigham inKent in 1845.[1]
Botting played club cricket regularly atCobham. He made hisfirst-class cricket debut forKent County Cricket Club againstSussex in 1867 atAshford Road, Eastbourne in a match arranged by players rather than an official of either club.[2] He made a second first-class appearance for Kent against the same opposition at theCounty Ground, Hove, in 1875.[2][3]
Botting worked as a labourer and gardener throughout his life and played cricket as a professional. He married Jane Stevens in 1870, with the couple having 13 children.[2] He died atShorne nearGravesend, Kent on 23 January 1927 aged 81.[1][4]
Stephen Botting atESPNcricinfo
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