Sydney Evershed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sydney Evershed

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1861

Place of Birth: Stapenhill, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1937

Profession: businessperson, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Sydney Evershed

  • Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed (13 January 1861 – 7 March 1937) was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898. Evershed was born in Stapenhill, the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton.
  • He was educated at Clifton College where he was in the School XI and XV.
  • Evershed played cricket for Burton on Trent and for Staffordshire in 1878s. His Derbyshire career began in 1880 and he appeared in a Gentlemen of Derbyshire team during the 1880 season, in which he made 85 in the first innings before being bowled.
  • Three days later he made his first appearance for Derbyshire against Yorkshire, though he was out for a duck in his first innings.
  • Evershed did not appear for Derbyshire during 1882, but returned to play two games in 1883.
  • Against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), in a rare spell of bowling, he took 5 for 19.
  • He played in five further games up to 1886.
  • Derbyshire lost first-class status at the end of 1887, but Evershed continued to play, becoming captain in 1891. Evershed was still captain when Derbyshire regained first-class status in 1894, playing in Derbyshire's debut fixture in the County Championship, a draw against Warwickshire.
  • Evershed was first-choice opener, along with Levi Wright.
  • In Derbyshire's first season they finished at fifth in the Championship table.
  • Evershed finished with Derbyshire's fifth-best average, ending the season with a best batting performance of 112.
  • In the following 1896 season, Derbyshire played the Australians, the match finishing in a draw despite centuries from Test players Harry Trott, Harry Donnan and Clem Hill on the Australians' side.
  • Derbyshire finished seventh in the 1896 County Championship.
  • In the 1897 season, the team ended without a win in their last sixteen games and were bottom of the Championship table.
  • Evershed remained a force in the Derbyshire opening order during the 1898 season, his last year as captain.
  • In August Derbyshire recorded their highest score of 645 against Hampshire with centuries from Levi Wright, William Storer, William Chatterton and George Davidson.
  • However the match ended in a draw and Derbyshire finished ninth in the Championship table.
  • Evershed played very infrequently from the 1899 season onwards, appearing in six first-class matches between the end of the 1898 season and his final first-class game, against Hampshire in the 1901 County Championship. Evershed was a right-handed batsman and played 129 innings in 76 first-class matches with an average of 24.70 and a top score of 153.
  • He made four centuries on the way to 3137 runs.
  • He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and took five first-class wickets all in one innings for a best performance of 5 for 19 and an average of 24.40.Evershed took charge of the family business Marston Thompson and Evershed on the death of his father in 1903.
  • He became President of Derbyshire County Cricket Club in the first decade of the 20th century.
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  • and Chairman of Burton Infirmary.
  • He received a Knighthood in 1929 for services to Burton-on-Trent, where he died at the age of 76. Evershed's brothers, Edward, Wallis and Frank, and cousin Geoffrey Bell, were also first-class cricketers, while William Evershed also played first-class cricket in first half of the 19th century.
  • His son Herbert became a noted flying pioneer.

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