Famous Cricketers No 41 - T.G.Evans, C.B.E.

47. ENGLAND v. NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, March 21, 22, (24), (25) (Match drawn) not out 21 265/7d c B.Sutcliffe [A.V.Bedser] 2 0 10 345/9d c W.M.Wallace [A.V.Bedser] 48. M.C.C. v Auckland, Auckland, March 28, 29 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 65 runs) c R.W.G.Emery b C.A.Snedden 10 240 st C.A.Snedden [D.C.S.Compton] 1 1 0 85 c J.A.Cowie [D.C.S.Compton] 0 0 2 90 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 5 9 3 111 29 18.50 - - 11 - 51 3074 Other matches 11 13 3 327 101 32.70 1 1 18 5 67 4186 Tour 16 22 6 438 101 27.37 1 1 29 5 118 7260 Career 48 69 8 1225 101 20.08 1 6 91 17 348 18678 1947 During the 1947 Season, Evans scored over 1,000 runs and took 95 dismissals, the nearest he ever came to completing the wicket-keeper’s “Double”, being one of his best seasons. For Kent he scored 691 runs and had 60 dismissals, 34 of which were with D.V.P.Wright. Kent finished fourth in the Championship. In the First Test against South Africa, Evans scored 74 in the second innings to contribute to a drawn match. By now, he had made the wicket-keeping job for England his own. At the Scarborough Festival playing for the South against the North, after Len Hutton mishooked a ball from Alec Bedser, Evans ran over 40 yards to take the catch - the comments by Len Hutton were apparently unprintable. Own Team Victim Ct St Byes Opp Score Total Total 49. Kent v Derbyshire, Canterbury , May 10, 12, 13 (Kent won by 100 runs) b T.S.Worthington 29 210 c A.E. Alderman [D.V.P.Wright] 4 1 0 226 c A.F.Townsend [D.V.P.Wright] c T.S.Worthington [D.V.P.Wright] c A.E.G.Rhodes [D.V.P.Wright] st A.C.Revill [D.V.P.Wright] run out 4 295/7d c W.H.Copson [F.Ridgway] 1 2 0 179 st C.S.Elliott [D.V.P.Wright] st P.Vaulkhard [D.V.P.Wright] 50. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 17, 19 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c E.H.Edrich b R.Pollard 15 102 c B.P.King [N.W.Harding] 2 0 5 180 c G.A.Edrich [F.Ridgway] c B.P.King b W.B.Roberts 5 143 0 0 0 68/2 51. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, May 24, 26, 27 (Kent won by nine wickets) c G.Hill b J.F.Godfrey 38 444 c G.Hill [R.R.Dovey] 1 0 9 367 did not bat - 69/1 c J.Arnold [J.W.Martin] 1 0 1 144 52. Kent v Warwickshire, Gillingham, May 31, June 2, 3 (Kent won by nine wickets) b T.L.Pritchard 32 333 c H.E.Dollery [R.R.Dovey] 2 1 0 185 c W.E.Fantham [D.V.P.Wright] st C.W.C.Grove [D.V.P.Wright] did not bat - 109/1 st W.E.Fantham [D.V.P.Wright] 0 2 4 255 st P.Cranmer [D.V.P.Wright] 53. ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA, Trent Bridge, June 7, 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) st J.D.Lindsay b V.I.Smith 2 208 st O.C.Dawson [W.E.Hollies] 0 1 7 533 c and b V.I.Smith 74 551 c B.Mitchell [A.V.Bedser] 1 0 1 166/1 54. Kent v Leicestershire, Park Road, Loughborough, June (14), 16, 17 (Kent won by 52 runs) b J E Walsh 4 175 c V.E.Jackson [B.R.Edrich] 1 0 4 156 b J.E.Walsh 9 133 0 0 2 100 55. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 18, 19, 20 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 17 runs) c E.A.Meads b A.Jepson 43 130 c J.Hardstaff [R.R.Dovey] 1 0 11 462/5d lbw b C.B.Harris 49 315 11