Ralph Evans (cricketer)
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Full name | Ralph du Boulay Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newtown, Hampshire | 1 October 1891||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 July 1929 Wheeler Ridge, California | (aged 37)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Alfred Evans (Father), John Evans (Brother), Alfred Evans (Cousin), Dudley Evans (Cousin), William Evans (Cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1912 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1913 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2010 |
Ralph du Boulay Evans (1 October 1891 – 27 July 1929) was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Evans made a single first-class cricket appearance for Hampshire County Cricket Club during the 1912 County Championship against Essex.
In 1913 Evans represented Cambridge University, making his debut for the university against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. Evans played two more first-class matches for the university, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and L Robinson's XI. Against L Robinson's XI, Evans made his only first-class half century, scoring 70 runs in Cambridge Universities second innings.
Evans final first-class match came for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1914.
Evans was killed in a motor accident at Wheeler Ridge, California in the United States on 27 July 1929.
Family[]
Evans' brother John Evans, played seven times for Hampshire before going on to play 36 times for Kent, captaining the side in 1927, as well as playing for England in a single Test match in 1921. His father, Alfred Evans, and cousins Alfred, Dudley and William all represented Hampshire in first-class cricket.
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- People from Newtown, Hampshire
- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Free Foresters cricketers
- Road incident deaths in California