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Template:Infobox Historic Cricketer Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE (August 18, 1920 – May 3, 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 further 1066 in first-class matches for Kent. 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.

After his retirement from professional cricket Evans became a cricket expert for bookmakers Ladbrokes, famously offering odds of 500 to 1 on an England victory against Australia at Headingley in 1981, the match in which Ian Botham and Bob Willis fought back from following-on at 227 runs behind to achieve a memorably improbable victory.

External link

Godfrey Evans at ESPNcricinfo
David Frith, Ebullient keeper with eternal charm, The Independent, May 4, 1999
Norman Harris, Obituary, The Independent, May 4, 1999

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 '''Thomas Godfrey Evans''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ([[August 18]], [[1920]] &ndash; [[May 3]], [[1999]]) was an [[England|English]] [[cricketer]] who played for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] and [[England cricket team|England]].
-Described by ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 [[dismissal (cricket)|dismissals]] in 91 [[Test cricket|Test match]] appearances between [[1946]] and [[1959]] and a further 1066 in first-class matches for Kent. En route he was the first wicket keeper to reach 200 Test dismissals, the first Englishman to reach 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in first-class cricket, the first Englishman to reach 2000 runs and 200 dismissals, and a [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] in 1951.
+Described by ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 [[dismissal (cricket)|dismissals]] in 91 [[Test cricket|Test match]] appearances between [[1946]] and [[1959]] and a further 1066 in first-class matches for Kent. 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.
 After his retirement from professional cricket Evans became a cricket expert for [[bookmaker]]s [[Ladbrokes]], famously offering odds of 500 to 1 on an England victory against Australia at [[Headingley Stadium|Headingley]] in [[1981]], the match in which [[Ian Botham]] and [[Bob Willis]] fought back from [[Follow-on|following-on]] at 227 runs behind to achieve a memorably improbable victory.