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

303. Kent v Sussex, Hove, August 7, (9), 10 (Match drawn) c G.H.G.Doggart b N.I.Thomson 62 232/6d 0 0 0 61/2 304. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Kennington Oval, August 12, (13), 14, 16, 17 (Pakistan won by 24 runs) c Maqsood Ahmed b Mahmood Hussain 0 130 c Imtiaz Ahmed [F.H.Tyson] 3 0 0 133 c A.H.Kardar [J.B.Statham] c Fazal Mahmood [P.J.Loader] b Fazal Mahmood 3 143 0 0 3 164 305. Kent v Yorkshire, Dover, August 21, 23, (24) (Match drawn) c F.A.Lowson b F.S.Trueman 12 76 c L.Hutton [A.C.Shirreff] 2 0 8 290/9d c J.H.Wardle [R.R.Dovey] did not bat - 186/5 306. Kent v Pakistanis, Canterbury, August 25, 26, 27 (Pakistanis won by nine wickets) c Khalid Wazir b Fazal Mahmood 4 172 0 0 4 193 st Imtiaz Ahmed b Zulfiqar Ahmed 0 137 0 0 3 120/1 307. Kent v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 28, 30, 31 (Leicestershire won by 59 runs) b V.S.Munden 0 317 c V.S.Munden [D.V.P.Wright] 1 1 6 287 st M.R.Hallam [J.Pettiford] c M.R.Hallam b V.E.Jackson 4 135 c F.M.Turner [J.Pettiford] 1 0 6 224 308. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 1, 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) c D.B.Close b R.Appleyard 2 143 c L.Hutton [A.V.Bedser] 1 1 0 165 st J.V.Wilson [R.G.Marlar] c J.V.Wilson b J.H.Wardle 1 225 c L.Hutton [A.E.Moss] 2 0 0 207/4 c J.V.Wilson [W.S.Surridge] 309. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 4, 6, 7 (Players won by 50 runs) b T.E.Bailey 32 346/8d c D.J.Insole [J.H.Wardle] 2 0 4 198/6d c T.E.Bailey [E.A.Bedser] did not bat - 78/2d c W.H.H.Sutcliffe [A.V.Bedser] 1 0 0 176 310. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Pakistanis, Scarborough, September 8, 9, 10 (T.N.Pearce’s XI won by ten wickets) c and b Khan Mohammad 2 396 c Maqsood Ahmed [A.V.Bedser] 2 1 11 234 c B.Shuja-ud-din [J.J.Warr] st Mahmood Hussain [A.V.Bedser] did not bat - 27/1 c Waqar Hassan [J.H.Wardle] 2 0 2 188 c B.Shuja-ud-din [A.V.Bedser] SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 4 5 0 63 31 12.60 - - 6 1 26 1049 Players v Gents 2 3 0 77 38 25.66 - - 5 - 9 660 Championship 17 28 1 476 109 17.62 1 1 24 7 110 6589 Other Kent matches 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - - - 7 313 Other matches 2 3 0 5 2 1.66 - - 7 2 13 794 Season 26 41 1 625 109 15.62 1 1 42 10 165 9405 Career 310 502 34 10310 144 22.02 7 42 536 183 2754 131686 1954/55 - M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand On this tour to Australia under the captaincy of Len Hutton, Evans went down with influenza before the First Test and K.V.Andrew kept wicket. He returned for the remainder of the series and had great performances behind the stumps in both the Second and Third Tests which were played in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. According to Alan Ross, there were five key players on this Tour, being May, Cowdrey, Tyson, Statham and Evans. The dismissal of Harvey by Evans at Melbourne has been described as one of the greatest wicket-keeping catches ever and came at a 34