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Evans was born in Chester, England of Welsh parents.
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He started his football career with Saltney Ferry F.C. In December 1904 he moved to Chester but played just one league and one Welsh Cup match for the club (both against Wrexham) and returned to Saltney Ferry. He was then spotted by the Welsh professional club Wrexham for whom he signed in the summer of 1905, in time for their inaugural season in the Birmingham and District League. He made his debut for Wales in a 2–0 victory over Scotland on 3 March 1906.
This was followed by a 1–0 defeat by England a few days later.
These performances attracted the attention of Aston Villa who signed him in the summer of 1906 for a fee of £30. Whilst at Villa he continued to add to his tally of Welsh caps.
Despite this, he made only occasional appearances for Villa, playing nine league games in 1906-1907 and seven in 1907-1908 when Villa finished runners-up in the Football League. In 1908 he moved (with Peter Kyle for a combined fee of £1100) to where he soon became an automatic first choice player.
He continued to appear for Wales until by 1910 he had ten Welsh caps with two goals to his cartulary-register
He had played four times against England, the 1–0 loss in 1906, the 1–1 draw in 1907, the 7–1 loss in 1908 and the 1–0 loss in 1910. His final appearance for Wales was against Ireland on 11 April 1910 when he scored twice in a 4–0 victory. He then made four appearances for England, all at outside left and all as a player, in 1911 and 1912, including 3–0 and 2–0 victories against Wales.
He scored his only England goal on his debut against Ireland on 11 February 1911.
This was his final competitive appearance for and he retired from playing professionally during the First World War, although he turned out in the Cheshire County League for Crichtons Athletic. He took up employment at the Shell Mex oil company in Ellesmere Portuguese and turned out for their works team
He died on 28 November 1965, shortly after his 80th birthday.
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