# Evan Watkins

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{{short description|Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer, and cricketer}}
{{distinguish|Evan Watkin}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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|name           = Evan Watkins
|fullname       = Evan William Watkins
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|birth_date     = third ¼ 1882
|birth_place    = [Merthyr Tydfil](/source/Merthyr_Tydfil), Wales
|death_date     = 9 January 1956 (aged 73)
|death_place    = [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), Wales
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|club1          = [Warrington](/source/Warrington_Wolves)
|year1start     = 1908
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|goals1         = 0
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|ru_club1            = [Abertillery RFC](/source/Abertillery_RFC)
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| relatives    = [Edgar Watkins](/source/Edgar_Watkins) (brother)
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'''Evan William Watkins''' (third ¼ 1882<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{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}}</ref> – 9 January 1956<ref name="Death details at freebmd.org.uk">{{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}}</ref>) was a Welsh [rugby union](/source/rugby_union), and professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1900s, and [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level  rugby union (RU) for [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_County_RFC), and at club level for [Abertillery](/source/Abertillery_RFC), and club level rugby league (RL) for [Warrington](/source/Warrington_Wolves), as a {{rlp|wg}}. He also played [cricket](/source/cricket) for [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_County_Cricket_Club).

==Playing career==
Evan Watkins made his début for [Warrington](/source/Warrington_Wolves) on Saturday 8 February 1908, and he played his last match for Warrington on Friday 17 April 1908.<ref name="Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk">{{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}}</ref> He played [cricket](/source/cricket) for Abertillery Town Cricket Club, Blaina Cricket Club, and [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) between 1909 and 1911, making 6 appearances.<ref name="Statistics at cricketarchive.com">{{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}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Evan Watkins' younger brother was the Olympic gymnast [Edgar Watkins](/source/Edgar_Watkins).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=watkin Search for "Watkin" at rugbyleagueproject.org]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Evan}}
Category:1882 births
Category:1956 deaths
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Abertillery RFC players
Category:Footballers who switched code
Category:Monmouthshire County RFC players
Category:Monmouthshire cricketers
Category:Rugby league players from Merthyr Tydfil
Category:Rugby league wingers
Category:Rugby union players from Merthyr Tydfil
Category:Warrington Wolves players
Category:Welsh cricketers
Category:Welsh rugby league players
Category:Welsh rugby union players

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