John Evans (cricketer)
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 1 | 90 |
| Runs scored | 18 | 3499 |
| Batting average | 9.00 | 24.64 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | 6/- |
| Top score | 14 | 143 |
| Balls bowled | - | - |
| Wickets | - | 110 |
| Bowling average | - | 27.83 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 4 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 1 |
| Best bowling | - | 7/50 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 94/- |
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Test debut: 11 June 1921 |
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Alfred John Evans (born May 1, 1889 in Newtowne, Hampshire, died September 18, 1960 in London) was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Hampshire, Kent and England. He was also an all-round sportsman who enjoyed success in golf and racquets.
In a spasmodic first-class cricket career that lasted from 1908 to 1928, Evans, a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, played regularly only when at university. By 1921, when he scored 69 not out for MCC against the all-conquering Australians under Warwick Armstrong, he was a very occasional cricketer indeed. But the innings earned him a call to the second Test match at Lord's, where he made just 4 and 14. He was never chosen again.
Evans won perhaps greater distinction as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, where his exploits in escaping from German prisoner of war camps led to a book, The Escaping Club.
| Preceded by Stanley Cornwallis |
Kent CCC Captain 1927 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Legge |
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