George Fowler (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1860
Place of Birth: Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand
Date of Death: 14-May-1934
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About George Fowler (cricketer)
- George Fowler (26 October 1860 – 14 May 1934) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nelson from 1879 to 1887.
- His brothers Samuel and Louis also played for Nelson.
- George Fowler achieved some remarkable bowling figures, especially in Nelson.
- Against Wellington at the Botanical Gardens ground in 1883-84 he bowled unchanged through both innings and took 5 for 10 and 5 for 13 (match figures of 28.4–16–23–10; five-ball overs) in a match in which 40 wickets fell for just 183 runs.
- Nine of his victims were bowled.
- Nelson won by 39 runs.
- At a temporary ground on the outskirts of Nelson in 1887-88, also against Wellington, he took 6 for 9 and 5 for 16 (match figures of 23.3–11–25–11; five-ball overs again) to give Nelson a nine-wicket victory in a match which was completed in one day.
- This time 159 runs were scored for 31 wickets.In the match Nelson played against the touring Australians in 1880-81 at Victory Square in Nelson, Fowler had figures of 32–19–32–4 (four-ball overs) then top-scored with 16 in Nelson's second innings.
- In the whole match only his brother Samuel, with 30 in Nelson's first innings, made a higher score.
- He hit his highest score in the match against Auckland at Victory Square in 1882-83, when he made 28 in Nelson's second innings – the second-highest individual score of the match.
- He also took 2 for 38 and 6 for 42, for match figures of 52–23–80–8.
- Despite his efforts, Nelson lost by 4 runs.Fowler's career bowling figures are not known exactly, as the bowling figures for the second innings of his first first-class match, when he was 19 years old, are unknown.
- He took four wickets, and the batsmen scored 24, so his figures in the innings were at best 4 for 0 and at worst 4 for 24.
- Therefore his career figures were 49 wickets for between 313 and 337, at an average of between 6.38 and 6.87.
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