Gordon Rowe
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Full name | Charles Gordon Rowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 30 June 1915|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 June 1995 Palmerston North, New Zealand | (aged 79)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 38) | 29 March 1946 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1944/45–1945/46 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952/53 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 June 2021 |
Charles Gordon Rowe (30 June 1915 – 9 June 1995) was a New Zealand
Life and career
Early life and war service
Rowe was born at
Cricket
A middle-order batsman, Rowe made his first-class cricket debut in 1944–45, and had played six first-class matches for Wellington before being selected for the Test team, having scored 324 runs at an average of 27.00 runs per innings, with his top score of 72 made against Otago at Wellington. He had also scored 102 and 79 in a non-first-class match for Wellington against Canterbury in 1944–45.
In his Test match, also played in Wellington, he was dismissed for a
He played no further first-class matches for six seasons, but returned to captain Central Districts in 1952–53. He had little success with the bat, but in his last match he led the team to an innings victory against Otago, which ensured Central Districts second place in the Plunket Shield.[6]
Rowe stood as an umpire in three matches in the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand.[7]
Hockey
Rowe was also a
See also
References
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ a b Rowe, Charles Gordon, Obituaries in 1995, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1996. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "Charles Gordon Rowe". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls, 1939-1948". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- CricInfo, 2003-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1954, p. 864.
- ^ Gordon Rowe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-06-26. (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Loss to Hockey". Press: 5. 27 June 1958.
- ^ "Wairarapa Beats Australians". Press: 7. 3 August 1948.