Stevenson was born at Chinley, Derbyshire and educated at Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, where he was cricket captain in his last year.
He was a right-hand batsman who played 106 innings in 66 first-class matches with an average of 24.91 and a top score of 122.
He gave up teaching for a while and took up journalism and writing on North of England, cricket and rugby.
He wrote two books, "A History of Yorkshire Cricket" and a biography of Ray Illingworth.
After ten years he returned to Rydal to teach English and run the cricket.