Godfrey Evans
Cricket Player
1920 – 1999
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Who was Godfrey Evans?
Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England.
Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match appearances between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1066 in all first-class matches. En route he was the first wicket keeper to reach 200 Test dismissals and the first Englishman to reach both 1000 runs and 100 dismissals and 2000 runs and 200 dismissals in Test cricket. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951.
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1920
Finchley - Nationality
- England
- Education
- Kent College
- Died
- May 3, 1999
Northampton
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on July 23, 2013
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