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John Norman Cowley (7 February 1885 – 5 August 1957) was an English first-class cricketer.

Born at Marylebone, Cowley made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Fenner's in 1908. He played infrequently for Hertfordshire up until 1911, making a total of five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford in 1914. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by John Heathcoat-Amory in the Free Foresters first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Orme Bristowe for the same score. He served in the London Regiment during World War I, initially as a private before promotion to lieutenant in February 1915. He died at Bovingdon in Hertfordshire in August 1957. His grandfather was the first-class cricketer Robert Broughton.

References

1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
3. "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
4. "No. 29068". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1915. p. 1536.

External links

• John Cowley at ESPNcricinfo

• 1885 births
• 1957 deaths
• Cricketers from the City of Westminster
• People from Marylebone
• English cricketers
• Hertfordshire cricketers
• Free Foresters cricketers
• British Army personnel of World War I
• London Regiment officers
• Military personnel from the City of Westminster
• Artists' Rifles soldiers
• Territorial Force soldiers
• Territorial Force officers