Robert Evans (cricketer)

Robert Evans
Personal information
Full name
Robert Gordon Evans
Born20 August 1899
Great Barton, Suffolk, England
Died2 August 1981(1981-08-02) (aged 81)
Sidlesham, Sussex, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1921Cambridge University
1935–1936Berkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 248
Batting average 22.54
100s/50s –/–
Top score 46*
Balls bowled 2,244
Wickets 50
Bowling average 23.82
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/45
Catches/stumpings 4/-
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2018

Robert Gordon Evans (20 August 1899 – 2 August 1981) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Born at Great Barton in Suffolk, Evans was educated at King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds.[1] He served in the latter part of World War I with the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant.[2] After the war he went up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in March 1919.[1] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1920.[3] He made eleven further first-class appearances for Cambridge in 1921.[3] Across these matches he scored a total of 197 runs at an average of 28.14, with a highest score of 46 not out.[4] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling he took 45 wickets a bowling average of 22.77, with best innings figures of 6/45, one of three five wicket hauls he took.[5] Evans gained a blue in 1921.[1] He also played two first-class matches for the Free Foresters in 1922 and 1923.[3]

After graduating from Peterhouse, Evans became a teacher. He worked as an assistant master at Dulwich College from 1921–1924, before taking up the same role at Wellington College from 1924.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1935 and 1936, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6] He later taught at The Prebendal School in Chichester,[7] and retired to nearby Sidlesham, where he died in August 1981.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ansell, E. (2015). Admissions to Peterhouse. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1107553897.
  2. ^ "No. 30949". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1918. p. 12045.
  3. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1981". ESPNcricinfo. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2018.