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Owen Cowley

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Owen Cowley
Personal information
Full name
Owen William Joseph Cowley
Born(1868-12-14)14 December 1868
Port Louis, Mauritius
Died27 February 1922(1922-02-27) (aged 53)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 432
Batting average 27.00
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 135
Balls bowled 313
Wickets 6
Bowling average 17.16
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/14
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 January 2025

Owen William Joseph Cowley (14 December 1868 – 27 February 1922) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played eleven first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1893–94 and 1896–97.[2]

Cowley was born in Mauritius and moved to Australia with his family in 1881.[3][2]

All of Cowley's first-class cricket was played in New Zealand: seven matches on New South Wales' tour of 1893–94, and four on Queensland's tour of 1896–97.[4] He made his only first-class century for Queensland against Hawke's Bay, when he went to the wicket at 214 for 5 and scored 135, adding 238 for the sixth wicket with Robbie MacDonald, who scored 114.[5]

Cowley married Delia Kearney in Nambour in December 1905.[6][7] He was the licensee of a hotel in Nambour before taking up the licence of a hotel in Yandina in 1908.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Owen Cowley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Owen Cowley". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. ^ "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Owen Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Hawke's Bay v Queensland 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Personal". Warwick Examiner & Times: 4. 30 December 1905.
  7. ^ "Wedding Bells". Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser: 4. 22 December 1905.
  8. ^ "Advertising". Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser: 2. 21 November 1908.
  9. ^ "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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