Roger Vowles

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Roger Charles Vowles

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|4|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|29|1932|4|5|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1957–1961

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 292

| bat avg1 = 11.68

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 54

| deliveries1 = 1,698

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 40.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/106

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| date = 19 May

| year = 2012

| source = http://espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22232.html Cricinfo

}}

Roger Charles Vowles (5 April 1932 – 29 December 2023) was an English cricketer. Vowles was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Vowles made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Derbyshire in the 1957 County Championship. He made fifteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/33/33528/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Roger Vowles|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}} In his sixteen first-class appearances for the county, he scored 292 runs at an average of 11.68, with a high score of 54.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Nottinghamshire/Players/33/33528/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roger Vowles|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}} This score was his only first-class half century and came on debut against Derbyshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22598.html|title=Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire, 1957 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 March 2024}} With the ball, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 40.00, with best figures of 4/106.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/33/33528/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Roger Vowles|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}}