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Full name | William Lewis Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 29 November 1897 Streatham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 April 1966 Epsom, Surrey, England | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 17 February 2019 |
William Lewis Evans (29 November 1897 – 25 April 1966) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant.
Evans was born at Streatham. He first joined the Civil Service in January 1913 as a clerk, [1] later transferring to the Office of Works in May 1920. [2] Evans represented the Civil Service cricket team in its only appearance in first-class cricket against the touring New Zealanders at Chiswick in 1927. [3] Batting twice during the match, he scored 8 runs in the Civil Service first-innings before being dismissed by Curly Page, while in their second-innings he ended not out on 15. [4] He bowled seventeen wicketless overs in the New Zealanders only innings, conceding 52 runs. [4]
By 1937, he was employed as a clerk in the Inland Revenue. [5] He died at Epsom in April 1966.