John Bevan (cricketer)

John Lawrence Bevan (10 May 1846 – 31 March 1918) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for South Australia in 1877/88.^[1]

John Bevan

Personal information
Full name	John Lawrence Bevan
Born	(1846-05-10)10 May 1846 Swansea, Wales
Died	31 March 1918(1918-03-31) (aged 71) Portland Estate, South Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1877/88	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 0 Balls bowled 255 Wickets 14 Bowling average 4.21 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 8/36 Catches/stumpings 1/-
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2018

Born in Swansea, Wales, Bevan played in South Australia's inaugural first-class match, against Tasmania at the newly opened Adelaide Oval in November 1877.^[2] Despite taking 14 wickets at an average of 4.21 in South Australia's innings victory over Tasmania, Bevan never played first-class cricket again. He did, however, play a number of non-first-class matches for South Australia between 1877 and 1882,^[3] before moving to Melbourne to take up a position with the Melbourne Cricket Club.^[2]

See also

• List of South Australian representative cricketers