James Rowley (cricketer)
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Full name | James Campbell Rowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1830 Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 1870 (aged 40)[1] Wealdstone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Alexander Rowley, Jr. (brother) Edmund Rowley (brother) Ernest Rowley (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1851 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 July 2019 |
James Campbell Rowley (1830 – 17 November 1870) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Alexander Butler Rowley and his wife, Elizabeth, Rowley was born at Manchester in 1830.[2] He was by profession a solicitor, having been admitted in 1852 and practicing in Manchester with the family firm, Rowley, Page, & Rowley.[1]
He made his debut in first-class cricket for Lancashire against Yorkshire at Sheffield in July 1851, before playing in the return fixture at Manchester in August. The following year he made two first-class appearances, playing for Manchester against the Marylebone Cricket Club, and for the against the , with both matches played at Lord's. His final first-class appearance came in 1854, for Manchester against Sheffield at Manchester in 1854.[3] He scored 84 runs in his five first-class matches, in addition to taking two wickets.[4]
He also played below first-class level for Shropshire in one match in 1861, but did not score.[5]
Prior to his death, Rowley had invested heavily in mining in Colorado.[6] Rowley was one of eight fatalities on 17 November 1870 in a railway accident at Harrow & Wealdstone station.[7] The following year, his mother sued the London and North Western Railway for negligence. The lawsuit concluded with his mother being awarded £1,200, his widow £1,400 and £600 to each of his six children.[2] His brothers, Alexander and Edmund, both played first-class cricket, as did his nephew Ernest Rowley.
References[]
- ^ a b "The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter". Law Newspaper Company. Vol. 15. 1870-12-10. p. 104. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ a b The Weekly Reporter. Vol. 21. Wildy & Sons. 1873. pp. 869–72.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Rowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Player profile: James Rowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 24, 50. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Gives 1829 as his birth year.
- ^ Spence, Clarke C. (2000). British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901. Taylor & Francis. p. 25. ISBN 9780415190091.
- ^ "Law and Police". The Illustrated London News. 1871-08-05. p. 122. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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