1901 County Championship. Evershed was a right-handed batsman and played 129 innings in 76 first-class matches with an average of 24.70 and a top score of 153. He made four centuries on the way to 3137 runs. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and took five first-class wickets all in one innings for a best performance of 5 for 19 and an average of 24.40. Evershed took charge of the family business Marston Thompson and Evershed on the death of his father in 1903. He became President of Derbyshire County Cricket Club in the first decade of the 20th century. He was a J. P. and Chairman of Burton Infirmary. He received a Knighthood in 1929 for services to Burton-on-Trent, where he died at the age of 76. Evershed's brothers, Edward, Wallis and Frank, and cousin Geoffrey Bell, were also first-class cricketers, while William Evershed also played first-class cricket in first half of the 19th century. His son Herbert became a noted flying pioneer. See also Brewers of Burton References 1861 births People educated at Clifton College 1937 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricket captains English businesspeople English brewers Gentlemen of the North cricketers