Dick Evans (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Evans | ||
| Date of birth | July qtr, 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Smallthorne, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 1942 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Salisbury, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside-right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newcastle White Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1894–1899 | Burslem Port Vale | 102 | (39) |
| 1899–1902 | Reading | ||
| 1902–1904 | Southampton | 41 | (16) |
| 1904 | Burslem Port Vale | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard Evans (1874 – 13 January 1942) was an English footballer, who played at outside-right, spending most of his career with Burslem Port Vale as well as a two-year spell at Southampton where he won two Southern League championships.
Evans joined Burslem Port Vale from Newcastle White Star in November 1894. He scored his first Second Division goal on 5 January 1895, in a 2–2 draw at Crewe Alexandra. He went on to finish the 1894–95 season with six goals in 19 appearances. He scored four goals in 22 games in 1895–96, including one in a 5–4 win over Liverpool at the Athletic Ground.
After the club were demoted from the Football League to the Midland League, Evans became the club's joint top-scorer with Danny Simpson two seasons running, with 14 goals in 1896–97 and 11 goals in 1897–98. He helped the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1898. He lost his first team place in February 1899, despite having scored twice against Woolwich Arsenal, and finished the 1898–99 season with 13 goals in 30 games. He left the club and signed for Southern League side Reading in the summer of 1899. He helped the "Royals" to finish fourth in 1899–1900, ninth in 1900–01, and fifth in 1901–02.
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