Whilst in the Army, Evans was tasked with developing a physical fitness programme for the soldiers.
[3] At the end of the war he had attained the rank of captain in the Border Regiment, and briefly returned to Kenya before leaving for Britain shortly afterwards.
He began working at Jeanes School Kabete, a special training centre designed to equip demobilised military personnel.
[3] In 1949, he was appointed ‘Colony Sports Officer’ and embarked on a programme training Kenyans in athletics and organising national championships.
Later that year he used funds he had raised, largely from Erskine, to send the Kenyan team to Vancouver to compete in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.