Gordon Rowe

Charles Gordon Rowe (30 June 1915, Glasgow, Scotland – 9 June 1995, Palmerston North, Manawatu) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946 against Australia.

A middle-order batsman, he made his debut in 1944-45, and had played six first-class matches for Wellington before the Test, making 324 runs at an average of 27.00, with a top score of 72 earlier in the 1945-46 season against Otago in Wellington. He scored 102 and 79 in a non-first-class match for Wellington against Canterbury in 1944-45.

In the Test, also played in Wellington, he was dismissed for a pair, bowled by Bill O'Reilly each time. He is one of the ten players to be dismissed for a pair in their only Test. The other New Zealander in that list is Len Butterfield, who played in the same match,^[1] batting at number seven after Rowe at number six.

He played no further first-class matches for the next 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 Central Districts to an innings defeat of Otago, which took Central Districts to a final position of second on the table.^[2]

He stood as an umpire in three matches in the Women's World Cup tournament in New Zealand in 1981-82.^[3]

References

External links

• Gordon Rowe at Cricket Archive