Gordon Rowe

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gordon Rowe

| fullname = Charles Gordon Rowe

| image = File:Gordon Rowe 1952-53.jpg

| caption = Rowe in 1952–53

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|6|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|6|9|1915|6|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand

| international = true

| onetest = true

| testcap = 38

| country = New Zealand

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 29 March

| testdebutyear = 1946

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| club1 = Wellington

| year1 = {{nowrap|1944/45–1945/46}}

| club2 = Central Districts

| year2 = 1952/53

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = 0.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 0

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 11

| runs2 = 380

| bat avg2 = 20.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 72

| deliveries2 = 249

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 29.33

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/36

| catches/stumpings2= 10/–

| date = 27 June

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38256.html Cricinfo

}}

Charles Gordon Rowe (30 June 1915 – 9 June 1995) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test match in 1946 against Australia. He also represented New Zealand at hockey.

Life and career

=Early life and war service=

Rowe was born at Glasgow in Scotland in 1915 and died at Palmerston North in New Zealand in 1995 aged 79.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38256.html Gordon Rowe], Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-06-26.[https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228743.html Rowe, Charles Gordon], Obituaries in 1995, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1996. Retrieved 2021-06-21. He served overseas in the New Zealand Army in the Second World War. At the time he was a policeman in Auckland.{{cite web |title=Charles Gordon Rowe |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/147664 |website=Auckland Museum |access-date=19 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls, 1939-1948 |url=https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1832/images/31839_224120__0008-00182 |website=Ancestry.com.au |access-date=19 October 2021}}

=Cricket=

A middle-order batsman, Rowe made his first-class cricket debut in 1944–45, and had played six first-class matches for Wellington before being selected for the Test team, having scored 324 runs at an average of 27.00 runs per innings, with his top score of 72 made against Otago at Wellington. He had also scored 102 and 79 in a non-first-class match for Wellington against Canterbury in 1944–45.

In his Test match, also played in Wellington, he was dismissed for a pair, bowled by Bill O'Reilly each time.[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hurricane-sanath-130047 Hurricane Sanath], CricInfo, 2003-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-26. He is one of the ten players to be dismissed for a pair in their only Test.{{cite web |last1=Basevi |first1=Travis |last2=Binoy |first2=George |title=A first for Lord's, and Atapattu's terrible start |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-first-for-lord-s-and-atapattu-s-terrible-start-304568 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 June 2024 |date=1 August 2007}}{{cite web |title=Statsguru - Tests - Players with two ducks in only Test |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;qualmax2=1;qualmin2=1;qualmin3=2;qualval2=matches;qualval3=ducks;template=results;type=batting |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 June 2024}} The only other New Zealander in that list is Len Butterfield, who played in the same match.

He played no further first-class matches for six seasons, but returned to captain Central Districts in 1952–53. He had little success with the bat, but in his last match he led the team to an innings victory against Otago, which ensured Central Districts second place in the Plunket Shield.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1954, p. 864.

Rowe stood as an umpire in three matches in the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/742/742.html Gordon Rowe], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-06-26. {{subscription required}}

=Hockey=

Rowe was also a hockey player. He represented New Zealand against India in 1938.{{cite journal |title=Loss to Hockey |journal=Press |date=27 June 1958 |page=5 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19580627.2.36}} He scored four goals when Wairarapa defeated the touring Australian team 6–3 at Masterton in August 1948.{{cite journal |title=Wairarapa Beats Australians |journal=Press |date=3 August 1948 |page=7 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19480803.2.119}} He retired from representative hockey in 1958.