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	~~Major~~ '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.		'''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.

	Educated at [[Westminster School]], Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|~~Captain~~]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|~~Major~~]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>		Educated at [[Westminster School]], Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>

	He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970)<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>		He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970)<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>

	An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> ~~– Bowen~~ amputated his ~~perfectly~~ healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2017}}</ref>		An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary".<ref name=RJ/> He [[self-surgery\|self-amputated]] his healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2017}}</ref>

	In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>		In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>
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	Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.		Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.
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	He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970)<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>		He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970)<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>

	An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2017}}</ref>

	In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>		In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>

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	Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.		Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.

	Educated at [[Westminster School]], Bowen ~~was~~ received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>		Educated at [[Westminster School]], Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>

	He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World''<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>		He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970)<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>

	An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July ~~2017~~}}</ref>		An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2022}}</ref>

	In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>		In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>

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	~~Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.~~

	Educated at [[Westminster School~~\|Westminster~~]], Bowen was emergency ~~commissioned~~ in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>		Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.

			Educated at [[Westminster School]], Bowen was received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>

			He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World''<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack\|Wisden]]'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>[[John Arlott]], "Cricket Books, 1970", ''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971, p. 1069.</ref>

	~~He became involved in cricket research~~ and ~~history in 1958 and, in 1963,~~ he ~~founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.~~<ref name=~~"obit"~~>~~''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978~~ – ~~obituary~~.</ref> ~~He is best known for his book ''~~Cricket: ~~A History~~ of ~~its Growth and Development throughout the World''<ref>~~Rowland Bowen~~, ''Cricket~~: ~~A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970<~~/~~ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging"~~.~~<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981~~.</~~ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''Wisden'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on~~ cricket ~~written from a wide view, in disapproval of~~ the ~~game's establishment and in expectation~~ of ~~the demise of the first~~-~~class game".<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971.~~</ref>		An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2017}}</ref>

	An [[Eccentricity (behavior)\|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news \|last1=Jackson \|first1=Russell \|title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen \|access-date=26 October 2019 \|work=The Guardian \|date=22 July 2017}}</ref> In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>		In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>

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{{short description|English cricket historian}}
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Major '''Rowland Francis Bowen''' (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a [[cricket]] researcher, historian and writer.

Educated at [[Westminster School|Westminster]], Bowen was emergency commissioned in April 1942 into the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]].<ref>London Gazette 3 July 1942</ref> He spent many years in [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] and [[India]] before returning to England in 1951 and joining the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]], working at the [[War Office]] and ultimately being promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]].<ref name="obit"/> He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment.<ref name=RJ/>

He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.<ref name="obit">''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1978 – obituary.</ref> He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World''<ref>Rowland Bowen, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]], 1970</ref> which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging".<ref>[[Eric Midwinter]], ''[[W G Grace]]: His Life and Times'', [[George Allen and Unwin]], 1981.</ref> In [[John Arlott]]'s review of the book for ''Wisden'', he commented that it was "unique in my experience as a major work on cricket written from a wide view, in disapproval of the game's establishment and in expectation of the demise of the first-class game".<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]]'' 1971.</ref>

An [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentric]] and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary"<ref name=RJ/> – Bowen amputated his perfectly healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.<ref name=RJ>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Russell |title=Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/22/cricket-historian-writer-surgeon-spy-the-mad-world-of-major-rowland-bowen |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=22 July 2017}}</ref> In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at [[Buckfastleigh]], [[Devon]], aged 62.<ref name=RJ/>

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