{{short description|Welsh footballer (1898-1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Evan Edwards |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Evan Jenkin Edwards<ref name=Joyce/> |birth_date = {{birth date|1898|12|14|df=y}}<ref name=Joyce/> |birth_place = Bedlinog,<ref name=Joyce/> Wales |death_date = {{death year and age|1958|1898}}<ref name=Joyce/> |death_place = |height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Wolverhampton Wanderers |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref> |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 }} '''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.<ref name=Joyce>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Evan}} Category:1898 births Category:1958 deaths Category:People from Bedlinog Category:Footballers from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Merthyr Town F.C. players Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Category:Mid Rhondda F.C. players Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players Category:Northampton Town F.C. players Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players Category:Ebbw Vale F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players Category:Southern Football League players Category:English Football League players Category:Date of death missing Category:Place of death missing Category:Wales men's amateur international footballers Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
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