David Evans

Who was David Evans?

David Linzee Evans, born at West Town in Somerset on 13 April 1869 and died there on 11 November 1907, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire from 1889 to 1891 and for Somerset in 1894, 1895 and 1902.

Educated at Loretto College, Evans was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional fast-medium right-arm bowler. His was a curious first-class cricket career: he played 22 matches over 14 years and was used as a specialist batsman. Yet his career average was less than 10. This lack of success is more remarkable as he passed 50 runs in an innings twice in his career, one of them a not-out innings.