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

212. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 15, 16 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) b A.E.Moss 25 147 c J.D.B.Robertson [F.Ridgway] 1 0 2 272 lbw b J.M.Sims 10 126 (did not keep wicket) 2/0 bowling: 0.5 - 0 - 1 - 0 213. Kent v Northamptonshire, Dover, August 18, 20, 21 (Northamptonshire won by two wickets) c S.Starkie b A.E.Nutter 9 205 0 0 18 222 b R.W.Clarke 14 285 c N.Oldfield [F.Ridgway] 1 0 8 270/8 214. Kent v Gloucestershire, Dover, August 22, 23, 24 (Kent won by five wickets) c G.M.Emmett b C.Cook 16 271 c J.B.Mortimore [R.R.Dovey] 1 0 8 187 lbw b G.W.Parker 52 135/5 c G.W.Parker [F.Ridgway] 1 0 0 218 215. Kent v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 25, 27, 28 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) c M.J.K.Smith b V.S.Munden 101 158 c G.L.Berry [D.V.P.Wright] 1 0 10 235 lbw b C.R.D.Wooler 0 244 0 0 0 168/3 216. Kent v South Africans, Canterbury, August 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c E.A.B.Rowan b C.B.van Ryneveld 25 163 0 0 0 201/4 217. An England XI v South Africans, Hastings, September 1, 3, (4) (Match drawn) c J.E.Cheetham b C.N.McCarthy 9 208/9d st R.A.McLean [R.O.Jenkins] 0 1 5 285 218. An England XI v The Commonwealth, Hastings, September 5, 6 (The Commonwealth won by four wickets) c F.Ridgway b S.Ramadhin 0 105 0 0 9 129 c and b G.E.Tribe 9 134 c G.E.Tribe [D.V.P.Wright] 1 0 4 113/6 219. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 8, 10, 11 (T.N.Pearce’s XI won by 9 runs) b G.W.A.Chubb 4 101 c G.M.Fullerton [T.E.Bailey] 1 0 0 95 c C.B.van Ryneveld b M.G.Melle 19 248 c D.J.McGlew [T.E.Bailey] 3 0 0 245 c G.M.Fullerton [A.V.Bedser] c C.B.van Ryneveld [T.L.Pritchard] SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 3 4 0 7 5 1.75 - - 4 1 31 1279 Players v Gents 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - 2 16 528 Championship 22 42 2 792 101 19.80 1 4 38 8 301 9122 Other Kent matches 1 1 0 25 25 25.00 - - - - 0 201 Other matches 3 5 0 41 19 8.20 - - 5 1 18 867 Season 30 53 2 871 101 17.07 1 4 47 12 366 11999 Career 219 349 30 7016 104 21.99 3 30 398 133 1984 94000 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 11.2 1 67 2 2-50 33.50 Career 17.2 2 87 2 2-50 43.50 1952 At the start of the year, a keen Kent supporter made a wager with Evans of £100 to £5 that he would score 1500 runs in the season. Not surprisingly, this was to be Evans’ best batting season, scoring 1613 runs of which 1241 were for Kent, including two centuries with his 144 against Somerset being the highest score of his career. He regained his place in the Test team against India and in the Lord’s Test scored 98 runs before lunch, completing his century just after the interval. During this season he reached 100 dismissals in Test cricket. 26