Graham Stokes (cricketer)

Graham Stokes (22 March 1858 – 19 December 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in the early 1880s.[1]

Graham Stokes
Personal information
Full name
Graham Stokes
Born22 March 1858
Greenwich, Kent
Died19 December 1921(1921-12-19) (aged 63)
Blackheath, London
RelationsFrederick Stokes (brother)
Lennard Stokes (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1880–1881Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 39
Batting average 4.87
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 June 2014

Stokes was born at Greenwich in Kent, the son of Henry Graham Stokes, Proctor to the Admiralty[2] and solicitor, and his wife Elizabeth Sewell. He made his first-class debut for Kent against Surrey in 1880. He made three further first-class appearances in 1851, against Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Surrey.[3] Stokes scored 39 runs in his four matches, with a top score of 27.[4]

Outside of cricket he worked as a solicitor.[5] He died at Blackheath, in London on 19 December 1921. His brothers Frederick and Lennard both played international rugby union for England, as well as also playing first-class cricket for Kent.[5]

References
  1. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 506–507. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 8 August 2022.)
  2. The Gentleman's Magazine, Published by F. Jefferies, 1866, p681
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. Ambrose, Don. "Brief Profile of Graham Stokes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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