Brian Evans (Glamorgan cricketer)
Welsh cricketer
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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.
Clydach, Wales
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
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| Full name | John Brian Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1936 Clydach, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 May 2011 (aged 74) Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ginger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1963 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1971 | Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]