Egbert Stephens, Date of Birth

    

Egbert Stephens

Guyanese cricketer

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1952

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Egbert Stephens

  • Egbert Stephens (born 15 April 1952) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Stephens, a right-arm fast bowler, was born in Dartmouth in what was then British Guiana (now part of Guyana's Pomeroon-Supenaam region).
  • He was one of two Essequibo players from Dartmouth, the other being opening batsman Fitz Garraway.
  • In the match, played against Berbice at the Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground in Hampton Court (on the Atlantic coast), Stephens opened the bowling with Courtney Gonsalves in each innings.
  • He took six wickets for the match, including a five-wicket haul, 5/56, in Berbice's first innings, the only first-class five-wicket haul by an Essequibian and the best figures of the match.
  • Stephens dismissed four of Berbice's top-order batsman, including their captain Romain Etwaroo and future West Indies international Milton Pydanna, and also took the only wicket to fall in Berbice's second innings, bowling Hubern Evans for a duck.
  • While batting, Stephens came in tenth in each innings, twice remaining not out.Berbice won the match by nine wickets in what was Essequibo's only first-class match – only the final of the three-team Jones Cup (later the Guystac Trophy) was accorded first-class status, and Essequibo made the final only once, having defeated Demerara in an earlier match.
  • The scorecards of the non-first-class matches played by Essequibo are not available before the late 1990s, and it is therefore uncertain how Stephens played for Essequibo (if at all) in earlier matches.
  • Despite Stephens' performance for Essequibo, it was his opening partner, Courtney Gonsalves, who was selected to play for the Guyanese national side later in the season, appearing in two List A matches.

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