Bob Rowse

Australian rules footballer

Bob Rowse
Personal information
Full name	Robert Leslie Rowse
Date of birth	(1926-09-08)8 September 1926
Date of death	5 May 2016(2016-05-05) (aged 89)
Original team(s)	Ormond
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951	Melbourne	6 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Leslie Rowse (8 September 1926 – 5 May 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

He married Betty Mary McGill in 1950.^[2]

Cricket

He played in 40 first grade matches for the Prahran Cricket Club over six seasons (1945/6 to 1950/51), scoring a total of 798 runs (average 18.55; highest score 77).^[3]^[4]

In 1954, as the opening bat for a combined Mildura side, playing against a combined Ballarat side, he scored 108 in 141 minutes, with 15 4's — this was the top score for the 1954 Country Cricket Week competition.^[5]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.727.
^ Engagements Announced: McGill—Rowse, The Age, (Saturday, 23 October 1948), p.4.
^ Prahran Cricket Club 1st XI Career Records 1889-90 — 2019/20, Prahran Cricket Club, 2021.
^ Advice from an Expert, The Herald, (Saturday, 14 October 1950), p.26.
^ Taylor, Percy, "Mildura bat hits up 108", The Argus, (Wednesday, 10 February 1954), p.23.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.