Barney Evans

Barney Evans
Full nameNeville Lloyd Evans
Date of birth(1908-12-16)16 December 1908
Place of birthLewisham, London, England
Date of death27 May 1994(1994-05-27) (aged 85)
Place of deathSt Austell, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1932–33 England 5 (0)

Neville Lloyd "Barney" Evans (16 December 1908 – 27 May 1994) was an English international rugby union player.

Evans was born in Lewisham, London, and went to Royal Naval Engineering College.[1]

A Royal Navy lieutenant commander, Evans captained the Devonport Services and the Navy rugby sides. He was capped five times as a prop for England across the 1932 and 1933 Home Nations, debuting against Wales in Swansea.[2] While based in Portsmouth, Evans was a member of Hampshire's 1933 County Championship-winning team, which was their maiden title. He also appeared in county fixtures for Devon.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Officers' Choir At Naval Wedding". Western Morning News. 16 March 1938.
  2. ^ "N. L. Evans' Debut". Evening Despatch. 7 January 1932.
  3. ^ Morrison Bowker, Barry (1978). England Rugby - A History of the National Side, 1871-1978. Cassell. p. 80. ISBN 0304302147.