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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Edwin Evans
| image             = Edwin Evans portrait, 1877.png
| caption           =
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1849|3|26|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Emu Plains]], Colony Of New South Wales, Australia
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|7|2|1849|3|26|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [[Walgett]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           = Right-arm slow
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1          = 6
| runs1             = 82
| bat avg1          = 10.25
| 100s/50s1         = 0/0
| top score1        = 33
| deliveries1       = 1237
| wickets1          = 7
| bowl avg1         = 47.42
| fivefor1          = 0
| tenfor1           = 0
| best bowling1     = 3/64
| catches/stumpings1= 5/–
| column2           = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2          = 65 
| runs2             = 1,006
| bat avg2          = 12.26
| 100s/50s2         = 0/2
| top score2        = 74*
| deliveries2       = 11,603
| wickets2          = 201
| bowl avg2         = 16.69
| fivefor2          = 18
| tenfor2           = 4
| best bowling2     = 7/16
| catches/stumpings2= 61/–
| country           = Australia
|     international = true
|           testcap = 26
| internationalspan = 1881–1886
| testdebutagainst  = England
| testdebutdate     = 31 December
| testdebutyear     = 1881
| lasttestdate      = 12 August
| lasttestagainst   = England
| lasttestyear      = 1886
|             club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]]
|             year1 = {{nowrap|1874/75–1887/88}}
| source            = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/56/56.html CricketArchive
| date              = 12 October
| year              = 2022
}}

'''Edwin''' "'''Ted'''" '''Evans''' (26 March 1849 – 2 July 1921) was an Australian [[cricket]]er who played in six [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1881 and 1886.

Born in [[Emu Plains, New South Wales]], and educated at [[Newington College]] in Sydney from 1865 to 1866,<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Sydney, 1999), pp. 60.</ref> Evans was an off spinner with an ability to consistently land the ball wherever he wanted to. He was successful for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] in [[first-class cricket]] from 1875 to 1887. He toured [[Australian cricket team in England in 1886|England]] and [[Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1886–87|New Zealand]] with the Australian team in 1886. His best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 16 when New South Wales dismissed [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]] for 34 in December 1875.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria v New South Wales 1875-76 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1996.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref>

In 1900, [[Tom Horan]] as "Felix" wrote in ''The Australasian'': "[[Alfred Shaw]] used always refer to Ted Evans as the 'most genuine cricketer' he'd ever met...[[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris]]'s comment in 1878 was that he had never played against a finer bowler than Evans. As a fieldsman he was magnificent, and in batting he proved a hard nut to crack, his defence being admirable."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139777433 |title=CRICKET CHATTER. |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=LXVIII |issue=1774 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=31 March 1900 |accessdate=1 August 2021 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Evans was noted as having "a beautiful delivery, quick rise from the pitch, and in the words of Lord Harris 'an accuracy worthy of Alfred Shaw'".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143280203 |title=CRICKET CHATTER. |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=XCIII |issue=2,432 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 November 1912 |accessdate=1 August 2021 |page=28 (TOWN EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> However, when called up for the national team his accuracy deserted him, and he failed to make a serious impact.

After a career as a farmer, [[kangaroo]] shooter, and inspector of free [[Selection (Australian history)|selections]], Evans died in [[Walgett, New South Wales]], in 1921, aged 72.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15960605 |title=OLD CRICKETER'S DEATH. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=4 July 1921 |access-date=27 May 2015 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was married twice, and had 16 children.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Late "Ted" Evans |journal=Nepean Times |date=16 July 1921 |page=1 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104929979}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=5143}}
*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70598798 "Mr. Edwin Evans"] from the ''[[Australian Town and Country Journal]]'', 10 February 1877

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