Wallis Evershed (10 May 1863 – 8 May 1911) was an English

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er who played for

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between 1882 and 1884. Evershed was born in

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, the son of

Sydney Evershed Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed (13 January 1861 – 7 March 1937) was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898. Evershed was born in Stap ...

the brewer and MP for Burton. He was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 2166: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 where he was awarded his cap (for rugby) and was captain of the XI in 1882. Evershed made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in an innings victory against

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in July 1882, when he scored 19 runs in Derbyshire's innings. He made one further appearance during the 1882 season, in a defeat by

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. Evershed made eight appearances in the 1883 season, playing in all Derbyshire's County matches and twice against

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(MCC). He scored each of his three half-century innings during this season, including his career highest score of 92, achieved against

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. In this match, he and team-mate

Edmund Maynard Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard (10 February 1861 – 10 January 1931) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1887 and captained the side for two seasons. Maynard was the son of Edmund Gilling Maynard, of West House, ...

put on over fifty percent of the innings total, in separate batting partnerships. He ended the season with the most runs scored for the club. In the 1884 season, he only played one match for the club against Sussex, which was his last. Evershed was a right-handed batsman and played 24 innings in 13 first-class matches with an average of 14.87 and a top score of 92. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and in 27 balls took three wickets for eight runs. Evershed died in

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two days short of his 48th birthday. His brothers,

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, and cousin Geoffrey Bell were all first-class cricketers, while

William Evershed William Evershed (25 November 1818 – 24 November 1887) was an English first-class cricketer who made his debut for Hampshire against Petworth in 1845. Evershed represented Hampshire against the same opposition again in the same season. In 18 ...

also played first-class cricket in first half of the 19th century.

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Wallis Evershed
at Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Evershed, Wallis 1863 births People educated at Clifton College 1911 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers