Stephen Coverdale

Stephen Peter Coverdale (born 20 November 1954[1] in York, Yorkshire, England) is an English retired first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1974 to 1977, for Yorkshire from 1973 to 1980,[1] and then for Northamptonshire in 1987.

Coverdale was educated at St Peter's School, York, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] A wicket-keeper-batsman, he won four blues at Cambridge, and made 46 first-class appearances, scoring 1,245 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, Coverdale 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 nineteen years.

His broadcasting career included a spell during the early 80s as anchorman for the BBC Radio Leeds Saturday sports programme during the winter months.

He is the father of Paul Coverdale, a cricketing all-rounder who was, until 2007, on Northamptonshire's staff.

References

  1. 1 2 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. ↑ "The Peterite, May 1973" (PDF). St Peter's School, York.
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