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. More about Godfrey Evans
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As a teenager Godfrey Evans was a good all-round sportsman, gaining his colours and captaining the cricket, football and hockey teams at Kent College, Canterbury. He was also a very good boxer, winning all his amateur and professional fights, but at the age of 17 was forced by the Kent committee to choose between cricket and boxing. He worked on the ground staff at Dover in 1937, operating the scoreboard on the occasion that Kent made 219 runs in 71 minutes to beat Gloucestershire.In total, we tracked 192 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Godfrey Evans (Rare watercolour pictures, painted and signed by Godfrey Evans, Kent & England) was sold in January 2021 for £40.00 while the cheapest item (Godfrey Evans England Cricket Signed Picture 9x7) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2023. The month with the most items sold (11) was February 2013 with an average selling price of £3.19 for an autographed item of Godfrey Evans. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2014 with £32.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2023. In average, an autographed item from Godfrey Evans is worth £4.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Godfrey Evans were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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*HAND SIGNED * Godfrey Evans - The Gloves Are Off 1960 1st Edition | £7.99 | ||
GODFREY EVANS (Cricketer ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page. | £5.99 | ||
GODFREY EVANS (England) signed CPS 1950's Test Cricketers trading card | £10.00 | ||
Godfrey Evans - England Test Cricketer - Signed Handwritten Letter. | £8.50 | ||
Godfrey Evans - England test player - signed biography | £6.99 | ||
Godfrey Evans - Kent & England - Cricket Album No. 28 - Signed newspaper picture | £5.00 | ||
GODFREY EVANS AUTOGRAPH ON ASHES 1882 - 1982 CENTENARY CARD | £4.99 | ||
Godfrey Evans England Cricket Signed Picture 9x7 | £0.99 | ||
HAND SIGNED 6 x 4 AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE - GODFREY EVANS - CRICKET | £7.99 | ||
Signed KENT & ENG Wicketkeeper. . . . . . . . . ..........GODFREY EVANS........ | £1.99 |