Victorian Football League
DOB: 1852 circa
DOD: March 20 1921
President: 1905, 1906
1904 The Social Side
There were two presentations with league football on Saturday evening. After their match with Essendon the Carlton team met at the Covent-garden Cafe, where Mr. Worrall, on behalf of the club presented Mr. E. Walton, one of their players, with a silver cruet, as a wedding gift.Mr. Evans the president of the club, made a presentation of a silver egg cruet on his own account. The league team which recently visited Ballarat presented their manager, Mr. Dyson, with a coffee service, accompanying the gift with the opinion that he was A regular little gentleman." (Argus August 15)
William Frederick Evans for many years ran the Covent Garden Cafe, 163 Swanston Street Melbourne which was severely damaged by fire in March 1914.
Left: Finally, an image of the elusive Mr. William F. Evans. (Herald September 06 p3 1912)
Trove; Ballarat Star March 24 p1 1921