| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Robert Gordon Evans |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Great Barton, Suffolk, England |
| Death Place: | Sidlesham, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1920 - 1921 |
| Club2: | Berkshire |
| Year2: | 1935 - 1936 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 14 |
| Runs1: | 248 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.54 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 46 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,244 |
| Wickets1: | 50 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 23.82 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/45 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/- |
| Date: | 25 December |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12695.html Cricinfo |
Robert Gordon Evans (20 August 1899 - 2 August 1981) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Born at Great Barton in Suffolk, Evans was educated at King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds.[1] He served in the latter part of World War I with the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant. After the war he went up to Peterhouse, Cambridge in March 1919.[1] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1920.[2] He made eleven further first-class appearances for Cambridge in 1921.[2] Across these matches he scored a total of 197 runs at an average of 28.14, with a highest score of 46 not out.[3] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling he took 45 wickets a bowling average of 22.77, with best innings figures of 6/45, one of three five wicket hauls he took.[4] Evans gained a blue in 1921.[1] He also played two first-class matches for the Free Foresters in 1922 and 1923.[2]
After graduating from Peterhouse, Evans became a teacher. He worked as an assistant master at Dulwich College from 1921 - 1924, before taking up the same role at Wellington College from 1924.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1935 and 1936, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5] He later taught at The Prebendal School in Chichester,[6] and retired to nearby Sidlesham, where he died in August 1981.