John Cowley (cricketer)

John Norman Cowley (7 February 1885 – 5 August 1957) was an English first-class cricketer.

John Cowley

Personal information
Full name	John Norman Cowley
Born	7 February 1885 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died	5 August 1957 (aged 72) Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
Relations	Robert Broughton (grandfather)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1908–1911	Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 0 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2018

Born at Marylebone, Cowley made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Fenner's in 1908.[1] He played infrequently for Hertfordshire up until 1911, making a total of five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] He appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford in 1914.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by John Heathcoat-Amory in the Free Foresters first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Orme Bristowe for the same score.[3] He served in the London Regiment during World War I, initially as a private before promotion to lieutenant in February 1915.[4] He died at Bovingdon in Hertfordshire in August 1957. His grandfather was the first-class cricketer Robert Broughton.

References

1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
3. "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
4. "No. 29068". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1915. p. 1536.

External links

• John Cowley at ESPNcricinfo