Robert Evans (cricketer)

Robert Gordon Evans (20 August 1899 – 2 August 1981) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Robert Evans
Personal information
Full nameRobert Gordon Evans
Born20 August 1899
Great Barton, Suffolk, England
Died2 August 1981(1981-08-02) (aged 81)
Sidlesham, Sussex, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1921Cambridge University
1935–1936Berkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 248
Batting average 22.54
100s/50s –/–
Top score 46*
Balls bowled 2,244
Wickets 50
Bowling average 23.82
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/45
Catches/stumpings 4/-
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2018

Born at Great Barton in Suffolk, Evans was educated at King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds.[1] He served in the latter part of World War I with the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant.[2] After the war he went up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in March 1919.[1] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1920.[3] He made eleven further first-class appearances for Cambridge in 1921.[3] Across these matches he scored a total of 197 runs at an average of 28.14, with a highest score of 46 not out.[4] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling he took 45 wickets a bowling average of 22.77, with best innings figures of 6/45, one of three five wicket hauls he took.[5] Evans gained a blue in 1921.[1] He also played two first-class matches for the Free Foresters in 1922 and 1923.[3]

After graduating from Peterhouse, Evans became a teacher. He worked as an assistant master at Dulwich College from 1921–1924, before taking up the same role at Wellington College from 1924.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1935 and 1936, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6] He later taught at The Prebendal School in Chichester,[7] and retired to nearby Sidlesham, where he died in August 1981.

References
  1. Ansell, E. (2015). Admissions to Peterhouse. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 110755389X.
  2. "No. 30949". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1918. p. 12045.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  5. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  7. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1981". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
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