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Bob Evans |
Sheffield
United FC
4 caps, 1 goal
P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0 F
8:
A
2
88% successful
1911-12
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Robert Ernest Evans |
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Born |
19 October 1885 in Chester, Cheshire [registered in
Chester, December 1885]. |
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Census Notes
based on the only Chester-born Robert Evans in 1885 |
According to the 1891
census, Robert is the only son and third child of five to Robert and Jane.
They live at 7 Mold Junction in Saltney, Chester, along with the Rhoden
children. His father was a loco engine driver. |
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According to the 1901
census, Robert is a cabinet maker, still living with his parents and now
six sisters, and his Rhoden cousins. They all live at 67 Ewart
Street in Saltney. His father is still a railway engine driver. |
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According to the 1911
census, Robert is a professional footballer now married to Lily with a
six-month old daughter, also Lily, living at 31 Niell Road in Ecclesall
Bierlow, Sheffield. |
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Notes |
Evans was
allegedley courted by the Welsh FA because of his Welsh parents, but his
parents were born in Chester, England, according to the census. This
census is based on the only Chester-born Robert Evans in 1885, and this
one grew up in Saltney. |
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Married |
to Lily
Agnes M. Harvey
[registered in Chester, December 1908]. |
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Died |
28 November
1965 in Chester, aged
80 years x days
[registered in Chester, December 1965]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 11st.
5lbs [1913]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began
playing local football with Saltney Ferry FC and
one league
appearance for Chester FC in 1904, before signing for Wrexham AFC
in 1905 in the Birmingham & District League. Soon spotted by Aston
Villa FC, whom he signed for in the summer of 1906 for £30 (16
league appearances, four goals). Sheffield United FC signed
Evans in 1908 for £1100+player (Peter Kyle) and retired during WWI after
204 league appearances, scoring 39 times.
Although he did
appear for Crichtons Athletic of the Cheshire County League, after his
retirement. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winner 1914-15; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
355th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 108, 11 February 1911, England 2 Ireland
1, a British Championship match at The Baseball Ground, Derby, aged 25 years
112 days.
 |
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Last match |
No. 112, 11 March 1912, Wales 0 Englad 2, a
British Championship match The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 26 years
140 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1910-11, 1911-12; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships winners 1910-11, (shared) 1911-12; |
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Individual honours |
Wales
(10 appearances, 2 goals, four times against England) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Born of Welsh
(see above) parents and an
established international for the Principality until the England selectors
discovered he actually hailed from Chester. Evans later worked for the
ShellMex Oil company at Ellesmere Port and turned out for their [football]
team. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.95. |
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Bob Evans - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
360 |
1 |
360 min |
1 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Bob Evans
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All
- British Championship |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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Bob Evans
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC
1910-11 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| BC
1911-12 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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All |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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Bob Evans
- Match History |
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Club: Sheffield
United F.C. - 4 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 4
full capsx
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Age 25 |
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1 |
108 |
11 February 1911 - England 2 Ireland 1,
Baseball
Ground, Derby |
BC |
HW |
Start
|
ol |
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2 |
109 |
13 March 1911 - England 3 Wales 0,
The
Den, Millwall, London |
HW |
Start |
ol |
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3 |
110 |
1 April 1911 - England 1 Scotland 1,
Goodison
Park, Liverpool |
HD |
Start |
ol |
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Age
26 |
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4 |
112 |
11 March 1912 - Wales 0 England 2,
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
BC |
AW |
Start |
ol |
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