Paul Owen

{{Short description|Canadian cricketer (1969–2020)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Canada

| fullname = Paul Andrew Owen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1969|6|9}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|6|09|1969|6|9}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role =

| international =

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1990

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Bedfordshire

| year2 = 1989–1996

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 2

| bat avg1 = 1.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = 342

| wickets1 = 4

| bowl avg1 = 59.75

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/37

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 26 June 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18352.html CricketArchive

}}

Paul Andrew Owen (9 June 1969 – 9 June 2020) was a Canadian cricketer.{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=270 |isbn=9781472975478}} Owen was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/paul-owen-1969-2020/ |title=Paul Owen 1969-2020 |work=Gloucestershire County Cricket Club |accessdate=26 June 2020}}

Owen, who had been educated at Bedford Modern School, began his county cricket career in England with Bedfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31832/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Paul Owen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2011}} In 1990 he joined Gloucestershire, making three first-class appearances in that season against Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31832/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Paul Owen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2011}} A bowler, Owen took 4 wickets at an average of 59.75, with best figures of 2/37.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31832/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Paul Owen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192251/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31832/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|url-status=dead}} 1990 was his only season with Gloucestershire, the following year he returned to playing Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire. He played for the county until 1996, making a total of 29 Minor Counties Championship appearances.