Joe Bowers
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| Full name | Joseph Bowers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | unknown Barrow-in-Furness, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 1946[1] Rochdale, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Bowers was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Rochdale Hornets, as a prop.
Bowers was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. He won a cap for Great Britain against New Zealand.[2]
Bowers signed for Rochdale Hornets during October 1909,[4] he made his début for Rochdale Hornets against Merthyr Tydfil RLFC.
Bowers was the landlord of The Fusiliers public house, Rochdale (now closed).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Death of ex-Barrow R.F.C. star". North-Western Evening Mail. 22 February 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Player Summary: Joe Bowers". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ↑ "Personal Pars". North Lonsdale Herald and Dalton Advertiser. 30 October 1909. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.