Bruce Bowley
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| Full name | Bruce Leonard Bowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 January 1922 Blyth, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
14 May 2014 (aged 92) Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Allrounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947/48 - 1951/52 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 30 April 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce Leonard Bowley OAM (1 January 1922 – 14 May 2014) was an Australian cricketer who played thirty first-class matches for South Australia between 1947 and 1952.[1]
The son of South Australian cricketer Leonard Bowley,[2] and Dorothy, Bowley was born at Blyth Private Hospital[3] in Blyth, South Australia.[4]
Bowley's family moved to Adelaide soon after his birth and Bowley made his Adelaide Grade debut[2] (the level below first-class cricket in South Australia) in 1938/39 aged 16 for the South Australian Colts team. Bowley moved to Kensington Cricket Club, where his father had played, then to East Torrens and finally Sturt where he retired at the end of the 1958/59 season.[5]
Following the outbreak of war, Bowley enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 25 June 1940, serving in the 3 Reserve Personnel Pool and reaching the rank of Sergeant by the time of his discharge on 19 October 1945.[4] During this time, Bowley continued to play cricket, including one match for Australian Services against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval in December 1942, where he scored 56 against an attack that included Clarrie Grimmett and Reginald Craig.[6]
An all-rounder, Bowley made his first-class debut for South Australia on 20 February 1948 against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring one and nine and going wicketless.[7]
In addition to his father playing first-class cricket, Bowley's aunt married Test cricketer Arthur Richardson[8] and Bowley's son Ian played for and coached Kensington.[5]
Bowley was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1993 for his service to hockey and cricket as a player, coach and administrator.[9]
References
- ↑ "Bruce Bowley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- 1 2 Page, p. 8.
- ↑ The Advertiser, 14 January 1922, p. 8.
- 1 2 "Bowley, Bruce Leonard". World War II Nominal Roll. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- 1 2 Sando, p. 74.
- ↑ "South Australia v Australian Services". CricketArchive. CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Victoria v South Australia". CricketArchive. CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Leonard Bowley". CricketArchive. CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "BOWLEY, Bruce Leonard". It's An Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
Sources
- Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877-1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
- Sando, G. (1997) Grass Roots, South Australian Cricket Association: Adelaide. ISBN 1 86254 435 2.