John Cowley (cricketer)

John Cowley
Personal information
Full name	John Norman Cowley
Born	7 February 1885; Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died	5 August 1957 (aged 72); Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
Relations	Robert Broughton (grandfather)
Domestic team information
1908–1911	Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	0
Batting average	0.00
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	0
Catches/stumpings	0/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2018

John Norman Cowley (7 February 1885 – 5 August 1957) was an English first-class cricketer.

Born at Marylebone, Cowley made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Fenner's in 1908.^[1] He played infrequently for Hertfordshire up until 1911, making a total of five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[1] He appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford in 1914.^[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by John Heathcoat-Amory in the Free Foresters first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Orme Bristowe for the same score.^[3] He served in the London Regiment during World War I, initially as a private before promotion to lieutenant in February 1915.^[4] He died at Bovingdon in Hertfordshire in August 1957. His grandfather was the first-class cricketer Robert Broughton.

References

^ ^a ^b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "First-Class Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "No. 29068". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1915. p. 1536.