Stephen Hanson
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Full name | Stephen Llewellyn Hanson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Modderpoort, Orange Free State, South Africa | 8 July 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 June 1997 Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1950-51 to 1958-59 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 January 2018 |
Stephen Llewellyn Hanson (8 July 1931 – 27 June 1997) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Orange Free State from 1950 to 1959.
Hanson was an opening batsman and off-spin bowler. He captained Orange Free State from 1954-55 to 1956-57. In their only Currie Cup victory in this period, in January 1956, he scored 22 and 70 (Orange Free State's highest score in the match) and took 3 for 39 in the second innings, including the final wicket, to give his team an 80-run victory over Griqualand West.[1]
His best season was 1954-55, when he scored his two first-class centuries. Orange Free State struggled in the "A" Section of the Currie Cup, losing five and drawing one of their six matches,[2] but Hanson led their batting with 472 runs at an average of 39.33.[3] Against Natal at Bloemfontein, he top-scored in each innings with 72 and 134; in the second innings he added 161 for the seventh wicket with the 16-year-old Peter Carlstein, who was making his first-class debut.[4]
References
- ^ "Griqualand West v Orange Free State 1955-56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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- ^ "Batting in Currie Cup 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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External links
- Stephen Hanson at ESPNcricinfo
- Stephen Hanson at CricketArchive (subscription required)