Stephen Greensword

Stephen Greensword (born 6 September 1943) is a former English cricketer. Greensword was an all-rounder, a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Shiney Row, County Durham.

Greensword made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Somerset in the 1963 County Championship. He made 38 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against the touring West Indians in 1966. An all-rounder, he scored 887 runs at an average of 14.54, with a high score of 57. This score, one of two fifties he made, came against Lancashire in the 1965 County Championship. With the ball, he took 25 wickets at a bowling average of 33.66, with best figures of 3/22. He made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the 1965 Gillette Cup.

He joined Northumberland in 1967, making his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Greensword would play Minor counties cricket for the next 25 years. During this time he played the majority of his Minor counties cricket for Durham, who he first played for in 1970, but also had brief spells during this time with Northumberland. He finished his Minor counties career with Northumberland in the 1992 season.

He made 20 List A appearances for Durham, This score, one of two fifties he scored for Durham, came against Surrey in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. With the ball, he took 19 wickets for Durham at an average of 28.84, with best figures of 4/28. He also made 3 List A appearances for Northumberland during this period,

Playing for Durham and Northumberland allowed him to represent a Minor Counties team of one form or another. He made his first appearance for Minor Counties North in a List A match in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup against Yorkshire, He later made his first appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against Essex in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup. He would go on to make a further 34 List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup. With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 38.80, with best figures of 2/58.