John Evans (cricketer)

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John Evans England (ENG)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium-fast
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	90
Runs scored	18	3499
Batting average	9.00	24.64
100s/50s	-/-	6/-
Top score	14	143
Balls bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	110
Bowling average	-	27.83
5 wickets in innings	-	4
10 wickets in match	-	1
Best bowling	-	7/50
Catches/stumpings	-/-	94/-
Test debut: 11 June 1921 Last Test: 11 June 1921 Source: [1]

Alfred John Evans (born May 1, 1889 in Newtowne, Hampshire, died September 18, 1960 in London) was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Hampshire, Kent and England. He was also an all-round sportsman who enjoyed success in golf and racquets.

In a spasmodic first-class cricket career that lasted from 1908 to 1928, Evans, a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, played regularly only when at university. By 1921, when he scored 69 not out for MCC against the all-conquering Australians under Warwick Armstrong, he was a very occasional cricketer indeed. But the innings earned him a call to the second Test match at Lord's, where he made just 4 and 14. He was never chosen again.

Evans won perhaps greater distinction as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, where his exploits in escaping from German prisoner of war camps led to a book, The Escaping Club.