Barney Evans
| Full name | Neville Lloyd Evans | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 December 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 May 1994 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St Austell, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Neville Lloyd "Barney" Evans (16 December 1908 – 27 May 1994) was an English international rugby union player.
Evans was born in Lewisham, London, and went to Royal Naval Engineering College.[1]
A Royal Navy lieutenant commander, Evans captained the Devonport Services and the Navy rugby sides. He was capped five times as a prop for England across the 1932 and 1933 Home Nations, debuting against Wales in Swansea.[2] While based in Portsmouth, Evans was a member of Hampshire's 1933 County Championship-winning team, which was their maiden title. He also appeared in county fixtures for Devon.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Officers' Choir At Naval Wedding". Western Morning News. 16 March 1938.
- ^ "N. L. Evans' Debut". Evening Despatch. 7 January 1932.
- ^ Morrison Bowker, Barry (1978). England Rugby - A History of the National Side, 1871-1978. Cassell. p. 80. ISBN 0304302147.
External links
[edit]- Barney Evans at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1994 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- People from Lewisham
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Lewisham
- Royal Navy officers
- Hampshire County RFU players
- Devon RFU players
- Devonport Services R.F.C. players
- Royal Navy rugby union players