match in 1897 such eye-catching tactics generated nine runs for Stevenson from a single ball. Primarily a bowler, Stevenson prided himself on a knack for surprisingly often taking a wicket with his very first ball of a match and for uncanny luck with the captains’ coin toss at the start of a game. In the view of The Encyclopedia of Scottish Cricket, Stevenson was “probably a better captain than he was a player”, since he was not considered for the Scotland team unlike some other major Carlton players of the time. Cricket writer Stevenson authored a 310-page book, published in 1946: ‘Play! The Story of the Carlton Cricket Club and a Personal Record of Over 50 Years’ Scottish Cricket. Two-thirds of the book comprises Carlton history during Stevenson’s era interspersed with personal memoirs and comments on issues in cricket. The remaining third covers earlier Carlton history, condensed histories of 47 other Scottish cricket clubs, and a review of notable contemporary cricketers from other Scottish clubs. In the view of The Encyclopedia of Scottish Cricket, Stevenson was “a great writer on the game”. His book has remained in use as a reference source by cricket writers into the 21st century. One distinctive feature is the book’s compilation of detailed facts and figures about matches and excerpts from newspaper reports to record an era in Scottish cricket which otherwise is not well covered. Another feature is colourful or humorous eye-witness anecdotes from games in which Stevenson played. Some of these concern internationally famous cricketers whom Stevenson engaged to play on occasion for Carlton, like the England Team bowler S.F. Barnes or the Australia Team bowler E.A. McDonald. Other contributions to cricket Stevenson was “an indefatigable worker for cricket”, according to The Encyclopedia of Scottish Cricket, through the ways he promoted the popularity of the game in Scotland. One element in the latter was that Stevenson organised cricket teams with a mix of well-known and not-so-experienced players to put on matches in out-of-the-way parts of Scotland to stimulate local interest in cricket. In 1933 this evolved into the Crustaceans Club, whose team he captained. Stevenson purposefully drew to Carlton’s cricket ground what he called “cricket personalities” – famous or colourful cricketers who would attract many spectators. He was able repeatedly to persuade internationally famous cricketers like S.F. Barnes, E.A. McDonald, J.W.H.T. Douglas and Harold Larwood to visit Scotland to play for or against