Dudley Evans

Dudley Evans
Personal information
Full name Dudley MacNeil Evans
Born (1886-12-01)1 December 1886
Cape Colony, South Africa
Died 18 December 1972(1972-12-18) (aged 86)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Alfred Evans (Uncle), John Evans (Cousin), Alfred Evans (Brother), Ralph Evans (Cousin), William Evans (Brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904–1905 & 1911 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 16
Runs scored 382
Batting average 14.69
100s/50s –/2
Top score 64
Balls bowled 2,240
Wickets 55
Bowling average 26.34
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/81
Catches/stumpings 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 February 2010

Dudley MacNeil Evans (1 December 1886 – 18 December 1972) was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Evans made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1904 County Championship, playing a single match against Sussex. Evans played three matches for Hampshire in 1905 and thereafter would not represent the county in first-class cricket again until the 1911 season, where Evans played eleven first-class matches for the county, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Lancashire.

In all, Evans played in fifteen first-class matches for Hampshire, scoring 361 runs at a batting average of 15.04, with two half centuries and high score of 64 against Yorkshire in 1911. With the ball Evans took 50 wickets for the county at a bowling average of 27.56, with three five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/81 against Derbyshire in 1911.

Evans also represented HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in a single first-class match against Cambridge University in 1911, where he took 5/56 in the Universities second innings.

Evans died at Petersfield, Hampshire on 18 December 1972.

Family

Evans brothers Alfred and William both played first-class cricket, as did his cousins Ralph and John Evans, with John playing Test cricket for England. Evans uncle Alfred Evans also played first-class cricket.

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