George Rowdon

George Rowdon
Personal information
Full name
George Henry Rowdon
Born(1914-10-06)6 October 1914
Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England
Died(1987-02-00)February 1987
Bath, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-breaks
RoleBatsman (in FC cricket)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936Somerset
Only First-class8 July 1936 Somerset v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 11
Batting average 5.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 November 2013

George Henry Rowdon,[1] born at Midsomer Norton, Somerset on 6 October 1914, and died in Bath in February 1987, played in one first-class cricket match for Somerset in the 1936 season.

An amateur right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Rowdon was picked for the Somerset match against Essex at Colchester. He made 9 and 2 as Somerset were beaten by an innings, the match finishing soon after lunch on the second day.[2] He did not bowl in the match.

Rowdon was recorded at his birth and in the Wisden report of his single first-class appearance as "Rowden", but according to a website covering the Rowden family, "George Henry Rowdon" was born in Midsomer Norton in 1914, died in 1987, and this has subsequently been adopted as the more correct version of his name by CricketArchive.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Family History of George Henry Rowdon". Lasbury Family History. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Essex v Somerset". CricketArchive. 8 June 1936. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  3. ^ George Rowdon at www.cricketarchive.com
  4. ^ "Descendant Pedigree for Thomas Rowdon, Bow, Devon 1695-1765". rowdensurname.org. Retrieved 11 November 2008.