Full Name

Richard Bowman

Born

January 26, 1934, Cleveleys, Lancashire

Died

March 24, 2005, Whitewell, Forest of Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancashire, (aged 71y 57d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

A fast bowler from Edinburgh's Fettes College, where he was captain in 1952, Dick Bowman won a Blue at Oxford in 1957, a year in which he obtained 44 of his eventual 51 first-class wickets. He took seven for 60 against Essex at Chelmsford in the last game before the Varsity Match - and later spanked 75 - and toiled through 39 overs in the big one at Lord's, which Oxford lost by an innings. The future MCC secretary Jack Bailey was Bowman's new-ball partner, and remembered: "He was the quickest bowler on either side in the University match that year - he was definitely on the sharp side of fast-medium, and he wasn't too far away from Brian Statham's pace when he played for his county." Bowman turned out occasionally for his native Lancashire, and later for Cumberland, before concentrating on running The Inn at Whitewell, a sumptuous hotel (with room-keys attached to cricket balls) in the Forest of Bowland, just south of the Lake District. The Times reviewed it in 2003: "Richard Bowman, the hotelier, has been on a mission to eradicate pomposity and pretension from fine living while taking care not to sacrifice style, comfort and, above all, humour."
Steven Lynch

Dick Bowman Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC263794547516.2103150

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC2635211902517/6037.293.2469.020

Debut/Last Matches of Dick Bowman

FC Matches

Span
1955 - 1964

Recent Matches of Dick Bowman

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Oxford Uni vs Lancashire--0/5109-May-1956OxfordFC
Oxford Uni vs Yorkshire0 & 01/4205-May-1956OxfordFC

Photos of Dick Bowman

Richard Bowman (Oxford University & Lancashire)