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two representative matches against the touring
Australian team in 1927–28. He took over the captaincy of Wellington in 1928–29, scoring 251 runs at 50.20, and leading the team to second place. In the lead-up to New Zealand's first Test series against England in 1929–30 he led Wellington to victory in the Plunket Shield, scoring 255 runs at 42.50.
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In 1927–28 Lowry scored 317 runs at 63.40 in the
Plunket Shield, coming second in the national aggregates and averages and helping Wellington to the championship. In the last match of the competition he made 181, his highest score, in a 276-run victory over Auckland. He captained New Zealand in the
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Moawhango against Taihape in December 1924 Lowry took 9 for 6, including four wickets in successive balls. Although he had played no first-class cricket in the 1924–25 season, Lowry was selected in the New Zealand team that toured Australia in 1925–26. He played
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The only scheduled Test resulted in a high-scoring and close-fought draw after Lowry declared New
Zealand's second innings. In response to public demand the English cricket authorities added two more Tests. In the Second Test, however, the New Zealanders were overwhelmed by an innings. Lowry
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in the first innings, but top-scored in the second with 40, the last batsman out as New
Zealand tried unsuccessfully to set England a challenging target. The other three Tests were drawn. Lowry again top-scored in the Fourth Test, scoring 80 and adding 100 for the seventh wicket with
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wrote of his captaincy: "There was no fuss – no needless shifting of a well-placed field, no hesitation. One could feel in the pavilion the strong magnetic influence of one man over ten." He again toured North
America with the Incogniti after the English season.
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The first first-class match of the 1927 tour was against the MCC at Lord's. In a high-scoring draw, Lowry scored 106 and 63 not out. The first victory came in the sixth match, when Lowry scored 105 "at a run-a-minute" and the New
Zealanders easily beat
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Zealand late in 1924, all three brothers having got their Cambridge degrees. Tom bought two farms, of 2700 acres and 6000 acres, not far from Okawa, which he farmed until 1944, when his father died and Tom inherited Okawa.
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Wellington to another Plunket Shield victory in 1931–32 but made only 53 runs himself in three matches. He captained Wellington twice more in 1932–33, then retired.
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England at a cost of 25,000 pounds. Among Faux Tirage's progeny was Straight Draw, which won the 1957
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Early in the tour the New Zealanders beat a strong MCC side by an innings. New Zealand batted first, Lowry scoring a brisk century. Rain allowed only 106 overs on the first two days, and Lowry declared before the third and final day began.
798:, was often ineffective. Lowry used frequent bowling changes in order to unsettle the batsmen. Although he was the team's reserve wicket-keeper, he often brought himself on for a few overs of his medium pace. His specialty was a surprise
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and New Zealand. In the three matches against New Zealand he made 54, 61, 13 and 130, his first century in first-class cricket, in 167 minutes. In 1923 he began the season by scoring 161 in 170 minutes for
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debut in 1926–27, playing for Wellington, and finished at the top of the Shield averages with 257 runs at 64.25. Although he was not captain of Wellington, he was selected to captain the
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and constructed a cricket ground, "The Grove", on his property, which is still in use. He helped the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association bring out leading English professionals, including
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described as "an exhibition of pluck and determination as inspiring as the game can provide". The Third Test was washed out after only three hours' play. It was Lowry's last Test.
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with only 170 minutes of play left, he gave the ball instead to the leg-spinner Bill Merritt, who proceeded to take 7 for 28 in nine overs and dismiss MCC for 48.
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in January 1918 as a wicket-keeper. Auckland lost, but Lowry scored 28 and 10 (only one Auckland player scored more) and made two catches and a stumping.
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degree in history, he was more interested in the extracurricular activities that Cambridge University life offered than in study. He used to employ a
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in World War I. They had two girls and two boys: Ann (born in 1934), Tom (1936), Pat (1938) and Carol (1943).
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decided to send a team for a full-season tour of England in 1927. Lowry at last made his
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tutor in third term to make up for the work he had not done in first and second terms.
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at Cambridge University before returning to run part of Okawa), Ralph (
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match, top-scoring in both innings. He was asked to manage the
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side in his first two years at Cambridge, and did not earn his
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for boys in Hastings, where he received cricket coaching from
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from 1918 to 1937. He was a farmer and racehorse breeder in
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in February 1919, three months after the end of the war.
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in all four first-class matches, and scored 123 against
1623:"New Zealand v England, Auckland 1929–30 (Fourth Test)"
1681:, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, pp. 74–79.
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19:For other people named Tom or Thomas Lowry, see
1295:"Oxford University v Cambridge University 1924"
2490:Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers
710:, he scored 1564 runs at an average of 35.54.
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1579:"Plunket Shield batting averages 1929–30"
1557:"Plunket Shield batting averages 1928–29"
1513:"Plunket Shield batting averages 1927–28"
1389:"Plunket Shield batting averages 1926–27"
1007:"First-Class Matches played by Tom Lowry"
1890:New Zealanders batting and fielding 1937
1251:"Cambridge University v Lancashire 1923"
839:New Zealand team to tour England in 1931
441:(17 February 1898 – 20 July 1976) was a
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939:Lowry later served as President of the
658:. He did, however, play some games for
558:. He moved to his father's old school,
2555:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
639:, Lowry toured North America with the
445:cricketer. He was New Zealand's first
952:In 1996, Lowry was inducted into the
870:called "his weird bowling theories".
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2102:New Zealand national cricket captain
1692:"England v New Zealand, Lord's 1931"
635:. Before starting his first term at
2077:Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
837:Lowry was appointed to captain the
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2525:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
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2485:New Zealand Test cricket captains
2152:New Zealand Test cricket captains
1962:Ten Champion New Zealand Breeders
1679:Great Days in New Zealand Cricket
1198:"Incogniti in North America 1920"
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2027:Tom Lowry: Leader in a Thousand
1933:New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
1535:"Wellington v Auckland 1927–28"
1167:"Auckland v Wellington 1917–18"
954:New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
1790:"Plunket Shield table 1931-32"
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1860:Manawatu v Rangitikei 1935–36
1273:"Tom Lowry batting by season"
21:Thomas Lowry (disambiguation)
1812:"Wellington batting 1931–32"
826:to take the side to safety.
725:Although Lowry achieved his
520:Taihape, Be Happy, Die Happy
163:10 January 1930 v
2480:New Zealand Test cricketers
1999:Retrieved 22 February 2014.
1971:Retrieved 22 February 2014.
1411:"MCC v New Zealanders 1927"
1360:(154): 19. 27 December 1924
1321:, quoted in Francis, p. 54.
1229:"New Zealand v MCC 1922–23"
941:New Zealand Cricket Council
899:Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell
755:New Zealand Cricket Council
627:He stayed in England after
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1770:Quoted in Francis, p. 112.
1761:Quoted in Francis, p. 103.
1721:Quoted in Francis, p. 107.
1460:"New Zealand bowling 1927"
538:cricket captain and later
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186:Domestic team information
134:International information
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637:Jesus College, Cambridge
943:between 1950 and 1953.
901:, the commander of the
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833:Tour of England, 1931
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769:Tour of England, 1927
737:Return to New Zealand
672:Peter Randall Johnson
77:Fernhill, Hawke's Bay
16:New Zealand cricketer
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2060:at Wikimedia Commons
1995:26 February 2014 at
1980:Francis, pp. 130–32.
1832:Francis, pp. 114–17.
1169:. Cricketarchive.com
1066:Francis, pp. 128–29.
903:New Zealand Division
750:in only 90 minutes.
696:Cambridge University
526:, who captained the
471:Cambridge University
439:Thomas Coleman Lowry
367:5 wickets in innings
223:Cambridge University
57:Thomas Coleman Lowry
48:Personal information
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2495:Auckland cricketers
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2090:Sporting positions
1350:"An All-Round Side"
1330:Francis, pp. 41–42.
1156:Francis, pp. 37–39.
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1111:Francis, pp. 68–80.
1102:Francis, pp. 55–67.
592:Aiming to join the
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379:10 wickets in match
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540:medical specialist
467:Thomas Henry Lowry
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