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{{Short description|English cricketer (1871–1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Berkeley John Byng Stephens
| nickname =
| birth_date = 22 July 1871
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon]], [[Huntingdonshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|5|5|1871|7|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Barnwood]], [[Gloucestershire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| family = [[Frederick Stephens (cricketer)|Frederick Stephens]] (father)<br>[[Arthur Byng]] (cousin)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1895/96–1899/00}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 4
| bat avg1 = 0.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 2
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/3
| date = 26 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/berkeley-stephens-34452 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Berkeley John Byng Stephens''' {{postnominals|CIE}} (22 July 1871 — 5 May 1950) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and merchant.

The son of the cricketer and [[British Army]] officer [[Frederick Stephens (cricketer)|Frederick Stephens]], he was born at [[Huntingdon]] in July 1871. He was educated at [[Winchester College]],<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register |date=1907 |publisher=P. and G. Wells |page=438 |url=https://archive.org/details/winchestercolleg00wincuoft |language=en}}</ref> where he played for the college cricket team.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228422.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1950|date=4 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref> After completing his education, he worked as a merchant in [[Liverpool]] for Messrs W. & R. Graham & Co.. Going to [[British India]], he worked in the [[teak]] trade for the Bombay and Burmah Trading Corporation, holding the position of manager of the companies [[Yangon|Rangoon]] operations from 1905 to 1915.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref name="OBIT"/> While in India, Stephens played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on four occasions as a [[wicket-keeper]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]] between 1895 and 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14629/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Berkeley Stephens|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He took five catches and made three [[stumping]]s in these matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14629/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Berkeley Stephens|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was a made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1915 New Year Honours]], for his service as a Member of the Council of [[Harcourt Butler]], the [[List of colonial governors of Burma|Lieutenant-Governor of Burma]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29024|date=29 December 1914|page=3|supp=y}}</ref> Returning to England in his later life, he was a director of the Cirencester Brewery.<ref>£44,000 Gloucestershire estate. ''[[Gloucester Citizen]]''. 25 July 1950. p. 5</ref> Formerly a [[churchwarden]] at [[Cirencester]], Stephens died there at a nursing home in May 1950, having spent the final years of his life in considerable ill-health.<ref>Death of Mr. B. J. Stephens. ''[[Gloucestershire Echo]]''. 6 May 1950. p. 6</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34452}}

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[[Category:1871 births]]
[[Category:1950 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Huntingdon]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:English businesspeople]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]

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