Michael Cowan (cricketer)
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Full name | Michael Joseph Cowan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | 10 June 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953–1962 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2017 |
Michael Joseph Cowan (born 10 June 1933,[1] Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is a former first-class cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
A right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast medium bowler, he averaged 5.54 in 94 innings with the bat, with a high score of 22. His bowling return was 276 wickets at 24.57, with a best of 9 for 43 against Warwickshire in 1960.[2]
He toured Pakistan with the MCC in 1955–56. A back injury caused his early return home, and curtailed his season in 1956.
In 1958 and 1959, he was the professional at Bingley C.C. In 1960, he returned to the county side to take 77 wickets, but then faded from the scene.[3]
In the early 1980s he was a representative for Penguin Books, visiting booksellers in Yorkshire and elsewhere to promote the forthcoming list and backlist.
References
- ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
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(help) - ^ "Warwickshire v Yorkshire 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Player Profile: Michael Cowan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
External links
- Michael Cowan at ESPNcricinfo
- Michael Cowan at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Use dmy dates from June 2012
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Yorkshire cricketers
- Combined Services cricketers
- Cricketers from Leeds
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Non-international England cricketers
- Northumberland cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1930s birth stubs