 He "batted with an exciting, slightly reckless relish that seldom rejected the gamble of a perilously possible single," says the history of Somerset cricket.As late as his final full season in 1963, he set a ninth-wicket partnership record of 183 with Chris Greetham that has been equalled, but not beaten, for Somerset, making 80 when batting at No 10 at Weston-super-Mare against Leicestershire.Stephenson was very much one of the professionals and even as captain had little time for the stuffier county cricket element.