Michael Cowan (cricketer)

Michael Joseph Cowan (10 June 1933 – 12 July 2022)[2] was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[3]

Michael Cowan
Personal information
Full name
Michael Joseph Cowan
Born(1933-06-10)10 June 1933
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died12 July 2022(2022-07-12) (aged 89)
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–1962Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 99
Runs scored 233
Batting average 5.54
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 22
Balls bowled 15,963
Wickets 276
Bowling average 24.57
5 wickets in innings 13
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 9/43
Catches/stumpings 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2017

A left-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, Cowan took 276 wickets at an average of 24.57, with a best of nine wickets for 43 against Warwickshire in 1960.[4] In batting he scored only 233 runs in 94 innings, at an average of 5.54, with a highest score of 22.

He toured Pakistan with MCC "A" in 1955–56. A back injury caused his early return home, and curtailed his season in 1956.

In 1958 and 1959, he was the professional at Bingley C.C. In 1960, he returned to the Yorkshire side to take 77 wickets, but then faded from the scene.[5]

In the early 1980s he was a representative for Penguin Books, visiting booksellers in Yorkshire and elsewhere to promote the forthcoming list and backlist.

References
  1. "Michael Cowan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. "Yorkshire bowler Mike Cowan dies aged 89". BBC News. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
  3. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  4. "Warwickshire v Yorkshire 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. "Player Profile: Michael Cowan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2010.


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