Noel Bowden

Noel Bowden

Full name	Noel James Gordon Bowden
Date of birth	19 March 1926
Place of birth	Whangarei, New Zealand
Date of death	9 October 2009 (aged 83)
Place of death	Albany, New Zealand
School	Auckland Grammar School
Occupation(s)	Schoolteacher
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
New Zealand No.	544
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1947, 1954 1950–53	Auckland Waikato Taranaki
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1952	New Zealand	1	(3)

Noel James Gordon Bowden (19 March 1926 – 9 October 2009) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Bowden represented Auckland, Waikato, and Taranaki at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, a test against the touring Australian team in 1952, in which he kicked one penalty goal.^[1]

References

1. Ponsonby District RFC. "Noel Bowden". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 October 2015.