Joseph Bowles (cricketer) explained

Joseph Bowles (christened 6 July 1798 – 8 February 1879) was an English first-class cricketer active 1834–35 who played for Oxford University. He was born in Farringdon, Berkshire and died in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. He appeared in two first-class matches.[1]

Bowles was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford (now Hertford College). After graduating he became a Church of England priest and was rector of Woodstock, Oxfordshire from 1841 to 1847, then Stanton Lacy in Shropshire from 1847 until his death.[2] He married Ellen Mary Walker, daughter of Sir William Walker of Leicestershire.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36421/36421.html Joseph Bowles at CricketArchive
  2. Web site: Shropshire Parish registers . iv . Shropshire Parish Register Society . 1903.
  3. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry . 1847 . H. Colburn . `1492 . en.