County cricket star dies
FORMER Yorkshire cricketer Geoff Stevenson has died in hospital at the age of 58 after suffering a severe stroke three months ago.
Regarded as one of the finest all-rounders in the county’s illustrious history, Mr Stevenson played 177 first-class matches for Yorkshire over a career spanning more than 20 years between 1973 and 1986.
He took 464 wickets at an average of 28.56, scored 3,856 runs and took 73 catches.
Mr Stevenson, who was born in Ackworth, near Pontefract, represented England six times, twice in Test matches and in four one-day internationals.