Stephen Coverdale
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Stephen Peter Coverdale was a first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1974 to 1977, for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1973 to 1980 and for Northamptonshire in 1987.
Born on 20 November 1954 in York, wicketkeeper-batsman Coverdale won four blues at Cambridge and made 46 first-class appearances, scoring 1245 runs at 18.04 with a top score of 75. He took 41 catches and 10 stumpings and took a wicket in his only first class over, which was also a maiden.
He had a distinguished career in cricket administration before joining a hospitality firm European Events in 2005. A qualified solicitor, he joined the BBC as a broadcaster and Head of Department, before being appointed as Chief Executive of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 1985, a post he held for a record 19 years.
He is the father of Paul Coverdale, a young cricket all-rounder on Northamptonshire's staff.
