Thomas Evans (cricketer)

Thomas Evans

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Evans
Born	3 June 1852 Stoneyford, Derbyshire, England
Died	2 December 1916 (aged 64) Heaton Moor, Lancashire, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm slow medium bowler
Relations	Henry Evans
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1883	Derbyshire
First-class debut	9 July 1883 Derbyshire v MCC
Last First-class	15 July 1889 Liverpool and District v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 91 Batting average 13.00 100s/50s / Top score 35 Balls bowled 447 Wickets 6 Bowling average 25.00 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 2-27 Catches/stumpings 2
Source: , 26 August 2011

Thomas Evans (3 June 1852 — 2 December 1916) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1883.

Evans was born in Stoneyford, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1883 season in the year after his brother Henry Evans stopped playing for the club. His first match was against MCC. He played one more match for Derbyshire, but from his two games achieved the top batting average for the club in the season.

Evans later played for Liverpool and District. He played during a Canadian tour of England in 1887 and took eleven wickets in the match. He played two first class matches for Liverpool and District, his last in 1889 against Nottinghamshire.

Evans was a right-handed batsman and played four first class matches with an average of 13.00 and a top score of 35. He was a right-arm slow-medium bowler and took 6 first class wickets at an average of 25.00 and a best performance of 2 for 27.^[1]

Evans died in Heaton Moor, Lancashire.

References

1. Thomas Evans at Cricket Archive