Godfrey Evans
Thomas Godfrey Evans (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.
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