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Post by Jon on Mar 30, 2015 22:31:52 GMT
Yesterday I saw an England team play on Devon soil under the captaincy of a Devonian. Is this a record? I have a round piece of black vinyl with a hole in the middle. Is this a record? |
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Post by Jon on Mar 31, 2015 21:36:54 GMT
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Post by bluedragon on Sept 6, 2015 15:28:02 GMT
Less impressively I had to admit that details of Crad's international career had been in my possession for many years without me realising. It's all there on page 148 of the Amateur Football Yearbook 1948-49 which I found in a shop in Porlock many years ago:  Alas, Crad is recorded as an Exeter City player rather than a representative of Ellacombe. It's probably now too late for Jon to contact Cdr JN Knight, DSC, RN (ret) - the joint editor - to inform him of this serious error. Perhaps it is too late to contact Cdr JN Knight, DSC, RN (ret) - the joint editor - to inform him of this serious error. However, a new complete record of amateur internationals and internationalists of the four home nations and Great Britain is being compiled and we have repeated the error and not got the right initials! We have "C Evans (Exeter City)". If you can let me know why he was not Exeter City that would be great. If, on the other hand and not having read the whole of this thread, I have stumbled across a Devonian joke just let me know! His sole amateur cap for Wales was a 0:6 defeat by England at Huddersfield on 19 February 1910. |
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Post by Jon on Sept 6, 2015 22:20:21 GMT
"P.C.Evans again". I trust the emphasis is merely on the continuing reporting of the story. It may have been dragging on for a while. Unless, that is, something is implied: "P.C.Evans has been at it again." This is probably referring to the huge punch-up between Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle over Crad's registration the season before. Have I told you about that one? Devon & Exeter Gazette 9/2/10   |
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Post by Jon on Sept 6, 2015 22:29:32 GMT
Perhaps it is too late to contact Cdr JN Knight, DSC, RN (ret) - the joint editor - to inform him of this serious error. However, a new complete record of amateur internationals and internationalists of the four home nations and Great Britain is being compiled and we have repeated the error and not got the right initials! We have "C Evans (Exeter City)". If you can let me know why he was not Exeter City that would be great. If, on the other hand and not having read the whole of this thread, I have stumbled across a Devonian joke just let me know! His sole amateur cap for Wales was a 0:6 defeat by England at Huddersfield on 19 February 1910. We do not joke about the great Crad - we just worship at his altar. Peter Caradoc Evans - commonly known as Crad. ELLACOMBE & Wales He made occasional appearances for Argyle over a three year period but the 1909/10 Argyle handbook* records that he "plays for Ellacombe, but will assist Argyle when required". He did play three games illegally for Exeter City in December 1909 - but he was never registered for them! If you read the entire thread you will find all you have ever wanted to know - and a hell of a lot that you didn't want to know - about Crad. *source: www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=279&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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Post by bluedragon on Sept 7, 2015 8:44:00 GMT
Thanks for the reply and my apologies for what was a flippant comment. As an occasional visitor to the forum I remember reading some comments about a team called “Blackwell’s, Plymouth” in relation to amateur internationalists and I was trying to find them. I then stumbled on Crad Evans! I will make sure the record in the revision is shown as:
Evans PC (Ellacombe)
Peter Caradoc (“Crad”) Evans
With his cap earned in February 1910 he was clearly an Ellacombe player at the time.
Is it possible to get a copy of your photograph of the great man to use as an illustration of the 1910 England v Wales page?
We have 99 caps being awarded to 22 players with the name Evans representing Wales, England and Northern Ireland. While the 99 caps is correct we are concerned that with forename initials and different clubs the 22 players may not be right. In the extract you have posted from the Amateur Football Yearbook 1948/49 with Crad’s cap there are two “Evans, L” playing at around the same time. You can see the problem! We are getting help from Welsh football historians but it sounds as if your book might help us?
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