Evan Edwards

{{short description|Welsh footballer (1898-1958)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Evan Edwards

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|fullname = Evan Jenkin Edwards

|birth_date = {{birth date|1898|12|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bedlinog, Wales

|death_date = {{death year and age|1958|1898}}

|death_place =

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Wolverhampton Wanderers |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}

|position = Outside left

|youthyears1 = – |youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 19??–1923 |clubs1 = Merthyr Town{{efn|Merthyr Town figures are for appearances in the Football League only, not those in the 1919–20 Southern Football League season.}}|caps1 = 80 |goals1 = 10

|years2 = 1923–1925 |clubs2 = Wolverhampton Wanderers |caps2 = 63 |goals2 = 12

|years3 = 1925 |clubs3 = Mid-Rhondda United |caps3 = |goals3 =

|years4 = 1925–1926 |clubs4 = Swansea Town |caps4 = 11 |goals4 = 1

|years5 = 1926–1927 |clubs5 = Northampton Town |caps5 = 11 |goals5 = 2

|years6 = 1927–192? |clubs6 = Halifax Town |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0

|years7 = – |clubs7 = Ebbw Vale |caps7 = |goals7 =

|years8 = 1928–1929 |clubs8 = Darlington |caps8 = 25 |goals8 = 3

|years9 = 1929–1930 |clubs9 = Clapton Orient |caps9 = 4 |goals9 = 0

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Evan Jenkin Edwards (14 December 1898 – 1958) was a Welsh footballer who scored 28 goals from 194 appearances in the Football League playing at outside left for Merthyr Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Swansea Town, Northampton Town, Darlington and Clapton Orient in the 1920s. He was on the books of Halifax Town without representing them in the League, and also played for Southern League clubs Mid-Rhondda United and Ebbw Vale.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=82 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Edwards played for Wales in an amateur international match against England Amateurs in 1920. According to the Daily Express report, "E.J. Edwards, the Merthyr outside left, was the star artist of the Welsh attack, and his elusive runs and centres were a feature of the first half, but following change of ends he was kept well under control"; his team lost 9–0.{{cite news |last=Beta |title='Don eint heey eat Merthyr!' Welsh comment on a 9–0 Amateur defeat |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |date=26 January 1920 |page=9}}