George Rowe (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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South African cricketer
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1874
Date of Death: 08-Jan-1950
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About George Rowe (cricketer)
- George Alexander Rowe (15 June 1874 – 8 January 1950) was a South African cricketer. One of the earliest successful South African bowlers, George Rowe was born in Grahamstown, South Africa on 15 June 1874.
- Playing for Western Province during the early years of the Currie Cup, he made his first class debut against Natal in 1893/94 in the final of the competition, and played his last match for the province in 1907.
- He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and claimed five wickets in an innings on thirteen occasions, converting five of them into ten-wicket match hauls.
- He first made his mark on South Africa’s non-first-class tour of England in 1894 where he was the pick of the bowlers in a wet summer, taking 136 wickets at 12.87 apiece.
- When Lord Hawke brought England to the continent in 1895/96, Rowe was selected for the 2nd and 3rd Test matches of the series.
- In the first of these, played at the Old Wanderers Ground, at Johannesburg, not only did he bowl T.C.
- O’Brien with his second ball in Tests, he also distinguished himself with 5 wickets for 115 runs in England’s only innings.
- Lord Hawke and England returned in 1898/99 and Rowe played in both Tests, taking a total of 7 for 186 as the visitors won the series.
- Back in England with South Africa in 1901, he again shone, taking 136 wickets in all first-class matches at an average of 18.54.
- On the way home from England in 1902, Australia stopped off at the Cape and played half-a-dozen matches during October and November.
- Rowe was selected for one of the three Test matches but did little of note in a drawn game played at Johannesburg.
- His best innings analysis was 8 for 25 (11 for 50 in the match) claimed at the expense of South-West Districts at Mossel Bay in 1904/05.
- And his best match figures were 13 for 155 against Cambridge University at Fenner's on the 1901 tour.
- He was nothing much of note as a batsman, playing as he always did in the "tail".
- He died near Cape Town, South Africa on 8 January 1950, aged 75.
- No obituary appeared in Wisden.
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