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

c J.H.Wardle b F.S.Trueman 12 161 c J.V.Wilson [F.Ridgway] 2 0 3 226/3d c W.H.H.Sutcliffe [F.Ridgway] 270. Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, August 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c J.R.Gray b D.Shackleton 71 219 c A.W.H.Rayment [G.Smith] 1 0 9 210 b D.Shackleton 0 197/8 st N.H.Rogers [A.C.Shirreff] 0 1 14 228 271. Kent v Middlesex, Canterbury, August 5, 6, 7 (Middlesex won by 99 runs) c J.G.Dewes b J.A.Young 13 129 c J.G.Dewes [G.Smith] 1 0 4 216/9d b J.A.Young 17 163 st A.W.Thompson [G.Smith] 0 1 2 175/6d 272. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 15, 17, 18, 19 (England won by eight wickets) run out 28 306 c A.L.Hassett [A.V.Bedser] 4 0 4 275 c G.B.Hole [F.S.Trueman] c J.H.de Courcy [F.S.Trueman] c R.R.Lindwall [F.S.Trueman] did not bat - 132/2 0 0 11 162 273. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August (22), 24, (25) (Match dawn) did not bat - 73/3 274. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 26, 27, 28 (Kent won by 4 runs) b F.R.Brown 10 173 0 0 13 301 c F.R.Brown b A.E.Nutter 32 314 0 0 4 182 275. Kent v Australians, Canterbury, August 29, 31, September 1 (Australians won by an innings and 176 runs) lbw b W.A.Johnston 4 181 0 0 4 465/8d b W A Johnston 0 108 276. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c N.W.D.Yardley b C.W.Foord 16 362 0 0 3 391/4d c W.Watson b R.Illingworth 14 225/6d st E.I.Lester [M.C.Cowdrey] 0 1 5 184/7 277. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 5, 7, 8 (Gentlemen won by five wickets) not out 36 532/5d 0 0 6 447/8d b W.S.Surridge 1 165/6d c P.B.H.May [A.V.Bedser] 1 2 4 252/5 st D.J.Insole [A.V.Bedser] st M.C.Cowdrey [J.H.Wardle] bowling: 3 - 0 - 14 - 0 278. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11 (Australians won by two wickets) c A.L.Hassett b J.C.Hill 10 320 0 0 9 317 st G.R.A.Langley b J.C.Hill 1 316/8d c A.L.Hassett [A.V.Bedser] 1 0 4 325/8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 5 7 2 117 44* 23.40 - - 11 5 42 2289 Players v Gents 2 4 1 90 46 30.00 - - 3 3 32 1139 Championship 15 26 0 646 93 24.84 - 4 20 8 137 5940 Other Kent matches 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - - - 4 465 Other matches 5 9 0 127 32 14.11 - - 4 4 37 2170 Season 28 48 3 984 93 21.86 - 4 38 20 252 12003 Career 278 453 33 9613 144 22.88 6 41 485 172 2531 119037 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 1.5 0 10 0 - - Other F-C 3 0 14 0 - - Season 4.5 0 24 0 - - Career 29.1 2 131 2 2-50 65.50 1953/54 - M.C.C. in West Indies This was the first M.C.C. tour abroad where the players travelled by air. An enjoyable, but explosive and inflammable tour, was marred for Evans by injuries including a cyst on the shoulder and a foot infection which prevented him playing in the Fourth Test. However, his high standards of 31