Lou Rowan

Who is Lou Rowan?

Louis Patrick “Lou” Rowan, was an Australian Test cricket match umpire.

He umpired 25 Test matches between 1963 and 1971. His first match was between Australian and England at Sydney on 11 January to 15 January 1963, when Alan Davidson took 9/79, and Bobby Simpson took 5/57 and made 91 and 36 not out to beat England. Rowan’s partner was Bill Smyth. Rowan became senior umpire after the retirement of the respected Col Egar. He was a policeman by profession, a Detective Sergeant with the Queensland drug squad, took no nonsense, and was inclined to stand on his authority.