Megan Lowe
English cricketer
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Dorothy Megan Lowe (17 November 1915 – 16 May 2017) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in four Test matches for England in 1949. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex, as well as various composite XIs.[1][2]
Fullname
Dorothy Megan Lowe
Born17 November 1915
Syston, Leicestershire, England
Syston, Leicestershire, England
Died16 May 2017 (aged 101)
Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
BowlingRight-arm medium
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| Full name | Dorothy Megan Lowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1915 Syston, Leicestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 May 2017 (aged 101) Canterbury, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 23) | 15 January 1949 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 March 1949 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lowe made her Test debut against Australia at Adelaide in January 1949. She played her last Test on the same tour, against New Zealand, at Auckland in March of the same year. She scored a total of 77 runs, with a highest score of 25 and took 4 wickets, with a best of 3/34.[1]
She turned 100 in November 2015.[3] In May 2017, Lowe died at home in Canterbury, aged 101.[4]
