Gordon Rowe

Who was Gordon Rowe?

Charles Gordon Rowe was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946 against Australia.

A middle-order batsman, he made his debut in 1944-45, and had played six first-class matches for Wellington before the Test, making 324 runs at an average of 27.00, with a top score of 72 earlier in the 1945-46 season against Otago in Wellington. He scored 102 and 79 in a non-first-class match for Wellington against Canterbury in 1944-45.

In the Test, also played in Wellington, he was dismissed for a pair, bowled by Bill O'Reilly each time. He is one of the ten players to be dismissed for a pair in their only Test. The other New Zealander in that list is Len Butterfield, who played in the same match, batting at number seven after Rowe at number six.

He played no further first-class matches for the next six seasons, but returned to captain Central Districts in 1952-53. He had little success with the bat, but in his last match he led Central Districts to an innings defeat of Otago, which took Central Districts to a final position of second on the table.

He stood as an umpire in three matches in the Women's World Cup tournament in New Zealand in 1981-82.