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  Nationality English
  Country England
  Country Abbrev ENG
  Name Godfrey Evans
  Picture Cricket_no_picpng
  Batting Style Right-hand bat
  Bowling Style Legbreak
  Tests 91
  Test Runs 2439
  Test Bat Avg 2049
  Test 100s/50s 2/8
  Test Top Score 104
  Test Balls -
  Test Wickets -
  Test Bowl Avg -
  Test 5s -
  Test 10s -
  Test Best Bowling -
  Test Catches/stumpings 173/46
  FCs 465
  FC Runs 14882
  FC Bat Avg 2122
  FC 100s/50s 7/62
  FC Top Score 144
  FC Balls 286
  FC Wickets 2
  FC Bowl Avg 12250
  FC 5s -
  FC 10s -
  FC Best Bowling 2/50
  FC Catches/stumpings 816/250
  Debut Date 17 August
  Debut Year 1946
  Last Date 18 June
  Last Year 1959


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 a Wisden Cricketer Of The Year in 1951.

After his retirement from professional cricket Evans became a cricket expert for Bookmaker s 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.


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