Albert Evans

Albert Edward Evans, who lived from 11 June 1902 until 11 May 1977, was a Welsh international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, now the Commonwealth Games. A master window cleaner by profession, he bowled for the Bailey Park club and later the Abergavenny club. He and W. H. Evans won the 1945 Welsh National Bowls Championships pairs title, he made his Welsh international debut in 1950, and he won the Welsh singles in 1951 and again in 1961. With Claude Stephens he won the 1953 pairs, and the Abergavenny four won the 1960 national fours and the 1961 British Isles title. At the 1962 Games in Perth he played the singles and the fours, finishing fifth in the fours.