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Australian cricketer

Edwin Evans

Personal information

Born

(1849-03-26)26 March 1849
Emu Plains, Colony Of New South Wales, Australia

Died

2 July 1921(1921-07-02) (aged 72)
Walgett, New South Wales, Australia

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm slow

International information

National side

Australia (1881–1886)

Test debut (cap 26)

31 December 1881 v England

Last Test

12 August 1886 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1874/75–1887/88

New 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

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

Born in Emu Plains, New South Wales, and educated at Newington College in Sydney from 1865 to 1866, 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.

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." 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'". 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. He was married twice, and had 16 children.

References

Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Sydney, 1999), pp. 60.
"Victoria v New South Wales 1875-76". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
"CRICKET CHATTER". The Australasian. Vol. LXVIII, no. 1774. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1900. p. 20. Retrieved 1 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
"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.
"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.
"The Late "Ted" Evans". Nepean Times: 1. 16 July 1921.

External links

Edwin Evans at ESPNcricinfo
"Mr. Edwin Evans" from the Australian Town and Country Journal, 10 February 1877

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Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–2000 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–2000 2000–01 onwards

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Antill
1851–52: Henty
1852–53: –
1853–54: McDowall
1854–55: –
1855–56: Elliott/McKone
1856–57: Wills
1857–58: Wills
1858–59: Wills
1859–60: Richardson/Wills
1860–61: Cosstick
1861–62: Bennett
1862–63: Lawrence
1863–64: Grace
1864–65: –
1865–66: Conway/Cosstick
1866–67: Gregory
1867–68: Wills
1868–69: Cosstick
1869–70: Cosstick
1870–71: Reid
1871–72: Allan
1872–73: Cosstick
1873–74: –
1874–75: Coates
1875–76: Evans
1876–77: Shaw
1877–78: Evans
1878–79: Emmett
1879–80: Cooper
1880–81: Evans
1881–82: Palmer
1882–83: Palmer
1883–84: Palmer
1884–85: Peel
1885–86: Spofforth
1886–87: Turner
1887–88: Turner
1888–89: Ferris
1889–90: Trumble
1890–91: Phillips
1891–92: Giffen
1892–93: Giffen
1893–94: Turner
1894–95: Giffen
1895–96: McKibbin
1896–97: McKibbin
1897–98: Jones
1898–99: Jones
1899–1900: Noble

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

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