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| Full name | Owen William Joseph Cowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1868 Port Louis, Mauritius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 February 1922 (aged 53) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owen William Joseph Cowley (14 December 1868 – 27 February 1922) was an Australian cricketer. He played eleven first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1893–94 and 1896–97.
Cowley was born in Mauritius and moved to Australia with his family in 1881.
All of Cowley's first-class cricket was played in New Zealand: seven matches on New South Wales' tour of 1893–94, and four on Queensland's tour of 1896–97. He made his only first-class century for Queensland against Hawke's Bay, when he went to the wicket at 214 for 5 and scored 135, adding 238 for the sixth wicket with Robbie MacDonald, who scored 114.
Cowley married Delia Kearney in Nambour in December 1905. He was the licensee of a hotel in Nambour before taking up the licence of a hotel in Yandina in 1908.