deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
998 8093 2 4 / 0 22 / 0 1896 0 5 slow left-arm orthodox south african 1 13 right-hand bat george rowe 1902 tests first-class true 2 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47006.html cricinfo 2 march 26 303 1896 15 170 11 october 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 36 george rowe -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george rowe -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george alexander rowe - one of the earliest successful south african bowlers , george rowe was born in grahamstown , south africa on 15 june 1874 and died near cape town , south africa on 8 january 1950 , aged 75 .
playing for western province during the early years of the currie cup , he made his first class debut against natal in 1893/94 in the final of the competition , and played his last match for the province in 1907 .
he was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and claimed five wickets in an innings on thirteen occasions , converting five of them into ten-wicket match hauls .
he first made his mark on south africa 's non-first-class tour of england in 1894 where he was the pick of the bowlers in a wet summer , taking 136 wickets at 12.87 apiece .
when lord hawke brought england to the continent in 1895/96 , rowe was selected for the 2nd and 3rd test matches of the series .
in the first of these , played at the old wanderers ground , at johannesburg , not only did he bowl t.c. o'brien with his second ball in tests , he also distinguished himself with 5 wickets for 115 runs in england 's only innings .
lord hawke and england returned in 1898/99 and rowe played in both tests , taking a total of 7 for 186 as the visitors won the series .
back in england with south africa in 1901 , he again shone , taking 136 wickets in all first-class matches at an average of 18.54 .
on the way home from england in 1902 , australia stopped off at the cape and played half-a-dozen matches during october and november .
rowe was selected for one of the three test matches but did little of note in a drawn game played at johannesburg .
his best innings analysis was 8 for 25 -lrb- 11 for 50 in the match -rrb- claimed at the expense of south-west districts at mossel bay in 1904/05 .
and his best match figures were 13 for 155 against cambridge university at fenner 's on the 1901 tour .
he was nothing much of note as a batsman , playing as he always did in the `` tail '' .
no obituary appeared within wisden for george rowe after his death .
