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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Test Matches 2 2 0 73 73 36.50 - 1 3 1 5 696 Players v Gents 1 1 0 65 65 65.00 - 1 2 2 11 408 Championship 19 35 2 520 58 15.75 - 2 29 5 72 7917 Other Kent matches 1 2 0 8 6 4.00 - - 3 - 0 409 Other matches 2 4 0 100 44 25.00 - - 2 - 7 1071 Season 25 44 2 766 73 18.23 - 4 39 8 95 10501 Career 454 737 48 14620 144 21.21 7 61 791 238 3577 182685 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 6.5 0 43 0 - - Career 47.4 2 245 2 2-50 122.50 1959/60 - Commonwealth XI in South Africa Having not been selected for the England tour to West Indies, Evans was invited to go on a short Commonwealth tour to South Africa where three first-class matches were played. Denis Compton had been asked to take a team on tour to celebrate the anniversary of the Wanderers Club and he asked Evans to be vice-captain. In effect, this became the start of the Cavaliers, the name of the team being taken from the captain and another regular, Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie. Own Team Victim Ct St Byes Opp Score Total Total 455. Commonwealth XI v Transvaal, Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, October 16, 17, 19 (Match drawn) c S.O’Linn b G.S.Bunyard 1 299 c W.E.Patrick [D.C.S.Compton] 1 1 6 285 st G.S.Bunyard [R.B.Simpson] did not bat - 59/0 c G.D.Varnals [R.B.Simpson] 3 0 3 254/7 c W.E.Patrick [F.H.Tyson] c K.L.Gibbs [F.H.Tyson] 456. Commonwealth XI v Combined XI, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, October 23, 24, 26 (Commonwealth XI won by three wickets) c H.R.Lance b B.D.Thorp 9 345 c J.T.Botten [D.B.Close] 1 1 8e 332 st D.T.Lindsay [P.I.Philpott] st D.T.Lindsay b G.E.Stein 18 242/7 c P.L.Carstein [H.J.Rhodes] 2 0 6e 254/6 c H.R.Lance [H.J.Rhodes] 457. Commonwealth XI v Invitation XI, Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, October 30, 31, November 2 (Match drawn) c K.A.Walter b T.L.Goddard 4 236 c D.J.McGlew [D.B.Close] 2 0 8e 434/5 c T.L.Goddard [H.J.Rhodes] did not bat - 269/4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting & Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Total Other matches 3 4 0 32 18 8.00 - - 9 2 31 1559 Career 457 741 48 14652 144 21.14 7 61 800 240 3614 184244 1960 The only first-class match he played in this season was at the invitation of the M.C.C. Own Team Victim Ct S t Byes Opp Total Total 458. M.C.C. v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 15, 16, 17 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) b J.B.Brodie 37 299 c A.R.Lewis [J.B.Mortimore] 3 0 1 166 c M.J.L.Willard [J.B.Mortimore] c N.S.K.Reddy [J.B.Mortimore] 48