Edwin Evans (cricketer)

Edwin "Ted" Evans (26 March 1849 – 2 July 1921) was an Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches between 1881 and 1886.

Edwin Evans
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 26)31 December 1881 v England
Last Test12 August 1886 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1874/75–1887/88New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 6 65
Runs scored 82 1,006
Batting average 10.25 12.26
100s/50s 0/0 0/2
Top score 33 74*
Balls bowled 1237 11,603
Wickets 7 201
Bowling average 47.42 16.69
5 wickets in innings 0 18
10 wickets in match 0 4
Best bowling 3/64 7/16
Catches/stumpings 5/– 61/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 October 2022

Born in Emu Plains, New South Wales, and educated at Newington College in Sydney from 1865 to 1866,[1] Evans was an off spinner with an ability to consistently land the ball wherever he wanted to. He was successful for New South Wales in first-class cricket from 1875 to 1887. He toured England and New Zealand with the Australian team in 1886. His best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 16 when New South Wales dismissed Victoria for 34 in December 1875.[2]

In 1900, Tom Horan as "Felix" wrote in The Australasian: "Alfred Shaw used always refer to Ted Evans as the 'most genuine cricketer' he'd ever met...Lord Harris's comment in 1878 was that he had never played against a finer bowler than Evans. As a fieldsman he was magnificent, and in batting he proved a hard nut to crack, his defence being admirable."[3] Evans was noted as having "a beautiful delivery, quick rise from the pitch, and in the words of Lord Harris 'an accuracy worthy of Alfred Shaw'".[4] However, when called up for the national team his accuracy deserted him, and he failed to make a serious impact.

After a career as a farmer, kangaroo shooter, and inspector of free selections, Evans died in Walgett, New South Wales, in 1921, aged 72.[5] He was married twice, and had 16 children.[6]

References
  1. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Sydney, 1999), pp. 60.
  2. "Victoria v New South Wales 1875-76". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. "CRICKET CHATTER". The Australasian. Vol. LXVIII, no. 1774. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1900. p. 20. Retrieved 1 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "CRICKET CHATTER". The Australasian. Vol. XCIII, no. 2, 432. Victoria, Australia. 9 November 1912. p. 28 (TOWN EDITION). Retrieved 1 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "OLD CRICKETER'S DEATH". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1921. p. 10. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. "The Late "Ted" Evans". Nepean Times: 1. 16 July 1921.
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