Brian Evans (Glamorgan cricketer)

For the Hertfordshire cricketer, see Brian Evans (Hertfordshire cricketer).

Brian Evans
Personal information
Full name
John Brian Evans
Born(1936-11-09)9 November 1936
Clydach, Wales
Died1 May 2011(2011-05-01) (aged 74)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
NicknameGinger
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1963Glamorgan
1965–1971Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 88 5
Runs scored 1535 18
Batting average 13.70 6.00
100s/50s 0/7 0/0
Top score 62* 13*
Balls bowled 14,263 338
Wickets 251 3
Bowling average 27.04 70.66
5 wickets in innings 10 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 8/42 1/26
Catches/stumpings 46/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2017

John Brian Evans (9 November 1936 – 1 May 2011) was a Welsh cricketer. He played first-class and List A cricket for Glamorgan from 1958 to 1963.[1] He also played Minor Counties and List A cricket for Lincolnshire from 1965 to 1971. He was born at Clydach, Glamorgan, Wales, and died at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Evans' best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 42, when he and Ossie Wheatley bowled unchanged to dismiss Somerset for 87 in July 1961.[2] Injury forced him to retire from first-class cricket in 1964, but he was able to take up a position as a professional cricketer in Grimsby.[3] In the Minor Counties Championship he and his opening partner Norman McVicker each took 71 wickets when Lincolnshire won the championship for the first time in 1966.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Brian Evans". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Glamorgan v Somerset 1961". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Brian Evans". Glamorgan Cricket Archives. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ "The Minor Counties in 1966", Wisden 1967, pp. 705–25.