Barney Evans | |
Full Name: | Neville Lloyd Evans |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1908 |
Birth Place: | Lewisham, London, England |
Death Place: | St Austell, England |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1932–33 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Neville Lloyd "Barney" Evans (16 December 1908 – 27 May 1994) was an English international rugby union player.
Evans was born in Lewisham, London, and went to Royal Naval Engineering College.[1]
A Royal Navy lieutenant commander, Evans captained the Devonport Services and the Navy rugby sides. He was capped five times as a prop for England across the 1932 and 1933 Home Nations, debuting against Wales in Swansea.[2] While based in Portsmouth, Evans was a member of Hampshire's 1933 County Championship-winning team, which was their maiden title. He also appeared in county fixtures for Devon.[3]