Stan Eve
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| Full name | Stanley Charles Eve | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1925 Stepney, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 January 1990 (aged 64) Havering, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–1957 | Essex | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Stanley Charles Eve (18 December 1925 – 27 January 1990) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex between 1949 and 1957.[1]
Eve was born in Stepney and educated at Upminster School. He was amateur batsman who liked to score runs quickly from the start of his innings.[2] He scored a century in his second match for Essex, finishing with 120 made in just over two hours against Warwickshire; Essex won by an innings in two days in a match in which no other batsman reached 40.[2][3] His Essex teammate Dickie Dodds later wrote of that innings: "Watching him cut and pull and dance down the wicket to drive was a breathtaking experience. He looked a complete player ..."[4] Later that season he scored 69 not out against Surrey in an Essex total of 145 when none of his teammates exceeded 12.[5]
After 1949, Eve's business commitments prevented him from applying himself to first-class cricket. He played a few more matches for Essex but with only moderate success. He was a prolific scorer for the Upminster club for many years.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stan Eve". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Wisden 1991, pp. 1260–61.
- ^ "Essex v Warwickshire 1949". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ T. C. "Dickie" Dodds, Hit Hard and Enjoy It, The Cricketer, Tunbridge Wells, 1976, p. 58.
- ^ "Essex v Surrey 1949". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2024.