Bob Rowse | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Leslie Rowse | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 1926 | ||
Date of death | 5 May 2016 | (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]
He married Betty Mary McGill in 1950. [2]
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]
Bob Rowse | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Leslie Rowse | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 1926 | ||
Date of death | 5 May 2016 | (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]
He married Betty Mary McGill in 1950. [2]
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]