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William Bowring (cricketer)

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but agreed to join the side as an ordinary member. He was described before the tour as "Good bat, hard hitter, makes his runs mostly in front of the wicket by hard drives. Has a good forcing stroke off his legs, and plays very hard, especially on the off. A good field, and safe catch. Member of the
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Wanderers' Club". He was disappointing on the tour and "except for three innings, did nothing". His top score was 63 against Hampshire and he scored 33 and 28 against Warwickshire.
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Despite this he was originally selected as captain of the 1900 tourists. He was eventually replaced in this role by
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He first went to the West Indies in late 1898 and his first big matches were for A.B. St Hill's team in
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His first class career therefore consisted of 5 matches with a batting average of under 5.
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and then over three years later was chosen for the combined West Indies team against
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and was the only one of the tourists to have learnt his cricket in England.
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when he scored 5 and was absent hurt in the second innings.
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Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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but in none of these matches did he have any success.
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touring side to England in 1900. He was educated at
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Cricket - A Weekly Record of the Game, 1900 page 44
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Index

St John's
Newfoundland Colony
St Michael
Barbados
West Indian
Sherborne
Marlborough
1898-99
1899-1900
Inter-Colonial Tournament
Aucher Warner
1901-02
Inter-Colonial Tournament
Lord Brackley's team
1904-05
CricketArchive stats
Cricinfo player profile
Categories
Canadian cricketers
Barbados cricketers
1874 births
1945 deaths
Cricketers from Newfoundland and Labrador
Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Immigrants to the British West Indies
Newfoundland Colony people

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