Stephen Hanson

Stephen Llewellyn Hanson (8 July 1931 – 27 June 1997) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Orange Free State from 1950 to 1959.

Hanson was a right-handed opening batsman and off-spin bowler.

In their only Currie Cup victory in this period, in January 1956, he scored 22 and 70 (Orange Free State's highest score in the match) and took 3 for 39 in the second innings, including the final wicket, to give his team an 80-run victory over Griqualand West.

Orange Free State struggled in the "A" Section of the Currie Cup, losing five and drawing one of their six matches,[2] but Hanson led their batting with 472 runs at an average of 39.33.

[3] Against Natal at Bloemfontein, he top-scored in each innings with 72 and 134; in the second innings he added 161 for the seventh wicket with the 16-year-old Peter Carlstein, who was making his first-class debut.