Edwin Stephenson (5 June 1832 – 5 July 1898),[1] sometimes erroneously called Edward, was an English first-class cricketer from 1857 to 1873.
According to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Stephenson was a right-handed batsman, a wicketkeeper and an occasional right arm fast roundarm bowler.
[2] In 1861, along with his fellow Yorkshireman Roger Iddison, Stephenson sailed to Australia on the SS Great Britain[3] as part of the first England cricket team to visit there.
[2] On 1, 3 and 4 March 1862, he was part of The World team that defeated a Surrey XI at Melbourne Cricket Ground by six wickets.
His swan song was as part of a winning Yorkshire team against Lancashire County Cricket Club at Bramall Lane on 1 July 1873, in front of a partisan Sheffield crowd, and alongside his long-time cricketing partner and fellow Sheffielder, Joseph Rowbotham.