page_title: Ted Bowley
hierarchical_section_title: Ted Bowley
caption_attribution_description: Ted Bowley, Sussex County cricket club, wearing his 1929 MCC England tour of New Zealand blazer, photographed circa 1933.
context_page_description: Edward Henry Bowley was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex and England.
  A forceful opening batsman, Bowley played just one season of regular first-class cricket before the First World War and was 30 when he resumed his cricket career in 1920. But for the next 14 seasons he was a reliable run-getter, and for the three seasons from 1927 to 1929 was among the heaviest scorers in the country. At 39, he was called up for two Test matches against South Africa in 1929, and the following winter he toured New Zealand and Australia with Harold Gilligan's Marylebone Cricket Club team, playing in three of the four Test matches against New Zealand. He scored 109 at Auckland.
  Bowley shared in several big partnerships for Sussex, two of them still county records. In 1921, he put on 385 for the second wicket with Maurice Tate against Northamptonshire at Northampton. Against Gloucestershire at Hove in 1929, he hit an undefeated 280 in a day and shared a first-wicket partnership of 368 with Jim Parks senior. This Sussex record was beaten four years later when, with John Langridge, he put on 490 runs.
context_section_description: Edward Henry Bowley (6 June 1890 – 9 July 1974) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex and England.
  A forceful opening batsman, Bowley played just one season of regular first-class cricket before the First World War and was 30 when he resumed his cricket career in 1920. But for the next 14 seasons he was a reliable run-getter, and for the three seasons from 1927 to 1929 was among the heaviest scorers in the country. At 39, he was called up for two Test matches against South Africa in 1929, and the following winter he toured New Zealand and Australia with Harold Gilligan's Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team, playing in three of the four Test matches against New Zealand. He scored 109 at Auckland.
  Bowley shared in several big partnerships for Sussex, two of them still county records. In 1921, he put on 385 for the second wicket with Maurice Tate against Northamptonshire at Northampton. Against Gloucestershire at Hove in 1929, he hit an undefeated 280 in a day and shared a first-wicket partnership of 368 with Jim Parks senior. This Sussex record was beaten four years later when, with John Langridge, he put on 490 runs. This is the third-highest first-wicket partnership in England, the fourth-highest of all time and the eighth-highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket. In this partnership, against Middlesex at Hove, Bowley made his highest score, 283.
  Bowley was also a useful leg-spin bowler, regularly taking around 50 wickets a season. In 1928, he took 90 wickets as well as scoring 2,359 runs. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1930.
caption: Bowley wearing his blazer from the 1930 tour of New Zealand
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