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Profile of Godfrey Evans
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18th August 1920 |
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Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE (August 18, 1920 – May 3, 1999) 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 further 1066 in first-class matches for Kent. En route he was the first wicket keeper to reach 200 Test dismissals, the first Englishman to reach 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in first-class cricket, the first Englishman to reach 2000 runs and 200 dismissals, and the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951.
After his retirement from professional cricket Evans became a cricket expert for bookmakers Ladbrokes, famously offering odds of 500 to 1 on an England victory against Australia at Headingley in 1981, the match in which Ian Botham and Bob Willis fought back from following-on at 227 runs behind to achieve a memorably improbable victory.
External link
- Player Profile: Godfrey Evans from Cricinfo
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