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

69. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Kennington Oval, August 16, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) run out 45 427 c B.Mitchell [W.H.Copson] 2 0 3 302 c K.G.Viljeon [D.V.P.Wright] not out 39 325/6d c A.Melville [K.Cranston] 2 1 12 423/7 c G.M.Fullerton [R.Howorth] st K.G.Viljeon [R.Howorth] 70. Kent v Somerset, Taunton, August 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c and b H.L.Hazell 21 402/9d c H.F.T.Buse [D.V.P.Wright] 2 0 6 248 c W.T.Luckes [D.V.P.Wright] not out 49 192/6d st M.F.Tremlett [D.V.P.Wright] 0 1 22 248/7 71. Kent v South Africans, Canterbury, August 27, 28, 29 (South Africans won by 88 runs) c O.C.Dawson b N.B.F.Mann 61 318 c A.D.Nourse [N.W.Harding] 2 1 1 410 c V.I.Smith [D.V.P.Wright] st A.M.B.Rowan [D.V.P.Wright] run out 17 231 c G.M.Fullerton [N.W.Harding] 1 0 5 227/7d 72. The Rest v. M.Leyland’s XI, Harrogate, August 30, September 1 (The Rest won by nine wickets) c and b W.H.Ashdown 5 433 c W,Barber [J.Sperry] 2 0 6 237 c G.S.Watson [W.H.R.Andrews] b W.Barber 0 33/1 st L.E.G.Ames [D.V.P.Wright] 1 1 4 228 c.R.Howorth [P.F.Jackson] 73. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 3, 4, 5 (M.C.C. won by 59 runs) c N.W.D.Yardley b J.H.Wardle 38 362 0 0 0 257 c N.W.D.Yardley b E.P.Robinson 1 159 c G.A.Smithson [G.F.H.Heane] 1 1 7 205 st L.Hutton [G.F.H.Heane] 74. South v North, Scarborough, September 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) not out 26 570/6d c L.Hutton [A.V.Bedser] 1 0 4 397 c C.Washbrook [A.V.Bedser] 1 0 9 174/2 75. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 10, 11, 12 (Players won by an innings and 10 runs) run out 33 362 c M.P.Donnelly [R.Howorth] 2 1 0 135 c F.R.Brown [H.J.Butler] st J.L.Cheetham [R.Howorth] 0 0 1 217 76. Rest of England v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, September 13, 15, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) lbw b J.A.Young 70 246 c S.M.Brown [A.V.Bedser] 2 3 6 543/9d c J.D.B.Robertson [A.V.Bedser] st W.J.Edrich [T.W.J.Goddard] st F.G.Mann [D.V.P.Wright] st D.C.S.Compton [T.W.J.Goddard] c A.W.Thompson b D.C.S.Compton 15 317 0 0 0 21/1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 5 7 2 209 74 41.80 - 1 10 4 38 2968 Players v Gents 2 2 0 55 33 27.50 - - 4 2 7 863 Championship 16 27 2 613 57 29.19 - 2 43 13 161 6918 Other Kent matches 1 2 0 78 61 39.00 - 1 3 1 6 637 Other matches 4 7 1 155 70 25.83 - 1 8 5 36 2062 Season 28 45 5 1110 74 27.75 - 5 68 25 248 13448 Career 76 114 13 2335 101 23.12 1 11 159 42 596 32126 1947/48 – M.C.C. in West Indies England did not select their strongest team for the tour to the West Indies under the captaincy of G.O.B.Allen and Evans was in the senior half of the party. England had underestimated the strength 13