Bob Rowse
| Bob Rowse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Robert Leslie Rowse | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1926 | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 2016 (aged 89) | ||
| Original team(s) | Ormond | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1951 | Melbourne | 6 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Robert Leslie Rowse (8 September 1926 – 5 May 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]He married Betty Mary McGill (1928-2021) in 1950.[2][3] They had three children.
Cricket
[edit]He played in 40 first grade matches for the Prahran Cricket Club over six seasons (1945/6 to 1950/51), scoring a total of 798 runs (average 18.55; highest score 77).[4][5]
In 1954, as the opening bat for a combined Mildura side, playing against a combined Ballarat side, he scored 108 in 141 minutes, with 15 4's — this was the top score for the 1954 Melbourne Country Cricket Week competition.[6]
Football
[edit]Rowse was recruited from Ormond in the Victorian Amateur Football Association after they won the 1950 A. Grade premiership.[7] Rouse was also selected in the 1950 Victorian Amateur Representative team.[8]
Rowse won the 1956 Sunraysia Football League best and award,[9] the McLeod Memorial Medal.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.727.
- ^ Engagements Announced: McGill—Rowse, The Age, (Saturday, 23 October 1948), p.4.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.9893/1950.
- ^ Prahran Cricket Club 1st XI Career Records 1889-90 — 2019/20, Prahran Cricket Club, 2021.
- ^ Advice from an Expert, The Herald, (Saturday, 14 October 1950), p.26.
- ^ "1954 - Second Country Week win". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 10 February 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "1950 - Pennant won on final bell". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 11 September 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "1950 - AMATEURS TO PLAY IN STH. AUSTRALIA". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 7 June 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "1956 - Rowse wins 1956 award". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 22 August 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "1956 - NEW SYSTEM WANTED FOR CASTING VOTES". Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956). 22 August 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links
[edit]- Bob Rowse's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bob Rowse at AustralianFootball.com
- Bob Rowse, at Demonwiki.