Evan Watkins

{{short description|Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer, and cricketer}}

{{distinguish|Evan Watkin}}

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|birth_date = third ¼ 1882

|birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

|death_date = 9 January 1956 (aged 73)

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Evan William Watkins (third ¼ 1882{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RBQZoET3HYQJaA9Zp66QEQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – 9 January 1956{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=K3USMGQOSc94zTPFmz6rSQ&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and cricketer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Monmouthshire, and at club level for Abertillery, and club level rugby league (RL) for Warrington, as a {{rlp|wg}}. He also played cricket for Monmouthshire.

Playing career

Evan Watkins made his début for Warrington on Saturday 8 February 1908, and he played his last match for Warrington on Friday 17 April 1908.{{cite web|url=http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/results.asp?code=975|title=Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk|publisher=wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} He played cricket for Abertillery Town Cricket Club, Blaina Cricket Club, and Monmouthshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1909 and 1911, making 6 appearances.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/104/104595/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107223339/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/104/104595/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Statistics at cricketarchive.com|publisher=cricketarchive.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

Genealogical information

Evan Watkins' younger brother was the Olympic gymnast Edgar Watkins.{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4187569/4187573/98/|title=Wales's Champion Gymnast - E. L. Watkins, Abertillery|newspaper=Evening Express, via National Library of Wales|date=21 March 1908|access-date=23 March 2022}} Evan's marriage to Miriam (née Davies) was registered during first ¼ 1914 in Llandovery district.{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=H3BZcIQmeDNYWgbAZzoZOg&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

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