Llewellyn Evans
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| Born | 2 January 1876 Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1954 (aged 78) Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Llewellyn Blackwell Evans (2 January 1876 – 29 September 1951) was a field hockey player from Wales who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal as a member of the Welsh team.[1]
Biography
[edit]Evans born in New Zealand and farmed there before emigrating to Wales in 1902. He played club hockey for Rhyl Hockey Club from 1908.[2]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[3]
In Rhyl he was a brick manufacturer and was an Urban District councillor and later a Justice of the Peace.[2] He returned to New Zealand in 1912.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Llewellyn Evans Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Llewellyn Evans". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑ Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. Aurum Press Ltd. pp. 469–470. ISBN 1-85410-692-9.
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