Roger Vowles
English cricketer
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Roger Charles Vowles (5 April 1932 – 29 December 2023) was an English cricketer. Vowles was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
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| Full name | Roger Charles Vowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1932 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 2023 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1961 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vowles made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Derbyshire in the 1957 County Championship. He made fifteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire.[1] In his sixteen first-class appearances for the county, he scored 292 runs at an average of 11.68, with a high score of 54.[2] This score was his only first-class half century and came on debut against Derbyshire.[3] With the ball, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 40.00, with best figures of 4/106.[4]