Evan Edwards

Evan Edwards

Personal information
Full name	Evan Jenkin Edwards[1]
Date of birth	14 December 1898[1]
Place of birth	Bedlinog,[1] Wales
Date of death	1958 (aged 59–60)[1]
Playing position	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
19??–1923	Merthyr Town[lower-alpha 1]	80	(10)
1923–1925	Wolverhampton Wanderers	63	(12)
1925	Mid-Rhondda United
1925–1926	Swansea Town	11	(1)
1926–1927	Northampton Town	11	(2)
1927–192?	Halifax Town	0	(0)
–	Ebbw Vale
1928–1929	Darlington	25	(3)
1929–1930	Clapton Orient	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Evan Jenkin Edwards (14 December 1898 – 1958) was a Welsh footballer who scored 28 goals from 194 appearances in the Football League playing at outside left for Merthyr Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Swansea Town, Northampton Town, Darlington and Clapton Orient in the 1920s. He was on the books of Halifax Town without representing them in the League, and also played for Southern League clubs Mid-Rhondda United and Ebbw Vale.^[1]

Edwards played for Wales in an amateur international match against England Amateurs in 1920. According to the Daily Express report, "E.J. Edwards, the Merthyr outside left, was the star artist of the Welsh attack, and his elusive runs and centres were a feature of the first half, but following change of ends he was kept well under control"; his team lost 9–0.^[2]

Notes

1. Merthyr Town figures are for appearances in the Football League only, not those in the 1919–20 Southern Football League season.

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
2. 'Beta' (26 January 1920). "'Don eint heey eat Merthyr!' Welsh comment on a 9–0 Amateur defeat". Daily Express (London). p. 9.