Researching Alex Stead
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6125 people with the Stead surname? In that year Stead was ranked number 685 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Alex Stead on Ancestry
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Alex Stead
Roger Alexander Stead (born 18 April 1980) is an English cricketer. Stead is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Stead made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Durham in 2001. He played his second and final first-class match in the same season against Worcestershire. In his two first-class matches, he scored 28 runs at a batting average of 14.00, with a single high score of 28. With the ball he bowled 35 wicket-less overs.
Stead later joined Cumberland in 2007, making his Minor Counties Championship debut against Staffordshire. He played for Cumberland in seven Minor Counties Championship and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy to 2009, before joining Staffordshire in 2010.
He has previously played Second XI cricket for the Yorkshire Second XI.
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