Talfryn Evans (10 June 1914 – 31 March 1944) was a

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er. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for

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. He was born and died at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Evans, a left-arm spin bowler who, due to a bout of rheumatic fever he suffered as a child, was unable to fully use his right arm, and thus worked on left-arm spin bowling. Having played club cricket for Llanelli, he made just a single first-class appearance, during the 1934 season, against Kent, though he appeared regularly for the Second XI. Evans died at the age of just 29 years old.

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