William Evetts
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| Full name | William Evetts | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1847 Tackley, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 April 1936 (aged 88) Tackley, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Julian Evetts (grandson) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1868–1869 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1870–1882 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||
William Evetts (30 June 1847 – 7 April 1936) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of William Evetts senior, he was born in June 1847 at Tackley, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Evetts played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1868 and 1869, making nine appearances.[3] A free hitting batsman,[4] he scored 333 runs for Oxford at an average of 23.78, with a high score of 102.[5] His 102 came against Surrey at The Oval in 1868 and was made in under two hours.[4] Shortly after graduating from Oxford, Evetts appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in first-class cricket in 1870. He played first-class cricket for the MCC until 1882, making thirteen appearances and scoring 198 runs with a high score of 57.[3][5] Evetts was by profession a farmer.[1] He died at Tackley in April 1936.[4] His grandson, Julian Evetts, was also a first-class cricketer.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. pp. 278.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by William Evetts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wisden - Obituaries in 1936". ESPNcricnfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Evetts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2020.