Stephen Hovey Botting (5 November 1845 – 23 January 1927) was an English cricketer. Botting was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace, though he did not bowl in first-class cricket. He was born at Higham, Kent.Botting made his first-class debut for Kent against Sussex in 1867 at Ashford Road, Eastbourne.