Ralph du Boulay Evans was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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Evans made a single first-class

First-class cricket

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 appearance for Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

 during the 1912 County Championship

County Championship

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 against Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

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In 1913 Evans represented Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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, making his debut for the University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. Evans played two more first-class matches for the University, against the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

 and L Robinson's XI. Against L Robinson's XI, Evans made his only first-class half century, scoring 70 runs in Cambridge Universities second innings.

Evans final first-class match came for the Free Foresters

Free Foresters Cricket Club

Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' club, having no home ground....

 against Cambridge University in 1914.

Evans was killed in a motor accident at Wheeler Ridge

Wheeler Ridge, California

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, California

California

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 in the United States

United States

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 on July 27, 1929.

Family

Evans brother John Evans

John Evans (cricketer)

Alfred John Evans was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Hampshire, Kent and England. He was also an all-round sportsman who enjoyed success in golf and racquets.Evans was born in Newtown, Hampshire...

, represented Hampshire in first-class cricket played for England in a single Test match

Test cricket

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. Evans father Alfred Evans

Alfred Evans (cricketer, born 1858)

Alfred Henry Evans was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.-Early life:...

 and cousins Alfred Evans

Alfred Evans (cricketer, born 1884)

Vice-Admiral Sir Alfred Englefield Evans, KBE, CB was an English cricketer and Royal Navy admiral. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace....

, Dudley Evans

Dudley Evans

Dudley MacNeil Evans was an English cricketer. Evans was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium....

 and William Evans

William Evans (English cricketer)

William Henry Brereton Evans was a South African-born English all-round cricketer who played 66 times in first-class cricket in the early 20th century. He played county cricket for Worcestershire and Hampshire, as well as representing the Gentlemen against the Players, but he appeared most for...

 all represented Hampshire in first-class cricket.

External links

• Ralph Evans at Cricinfo
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• Ralph Evans at CricketArchive
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