Godfrey Evans

Godfrey Evans
Evans in 1951
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Godfrey Evans
Born(1920-08-18)18 August 1920
Finchley, Middlesex, England
Died3 May 1999(1999-05-03) (aged 78)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
NicknameGodders
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
RoleWicket-keeper-Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 315)17 August 1946 v India
Last Test20 June 1959 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1939–1967Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 91 465
Runs scored 2,439 14,882
Batting average 20.49 21.22
100s/50s 2/8 7/62
Top score 104 144
Balls bowled 0 287
Wickets 2
Bowling average 122.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/50
Catches/stumpings 173/46 816/250
Source: CricInfo, 15 August 2022

Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE (18 August 1920 – 3 May 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 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.