Greg Rowell

Australian cricketer

Greg Rowell

Personal information

Full name

Gregory John Rowell

Born

(1966-09-01) 1 September 1966 (age 57)
Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia

Height

204 cm (6 ft 8 in)

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1989/90–1990/91

New South Wales

1991/92–1997/98

Queensland

1998/99

Tasmania

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	46	27
Runs scored	527	51
Batting average	11.45	8.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	45*	17*
Balls bowled	9,623	1,440
Wickets	147	27
Bowling average	30.98	34.03
5 wickets in innings	4	0
10 wickets in match	1	0
Best bowling	7/46	3/30
Catches/stumpings	26/–	5/–

Source: CricketArchive, 16 August 2010

Gregory John Rowell (born 1 September 1966) is an Australian cricketer who played for Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who was born at Lindfield, New South Wales.

On 11 May 2007, Rowell announced his intention to stand as the Labor candidate for Lord Mayor in the 2008 Brisbane City Council election .^[1] He secured 29% of the primary vote and lost to incumbent Campbell Newman.^[2]^[3]

Since then, Rowell has campaigned strongly on the issues of securing water for Brisbane's future and the need to provide better public transport.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Emma Chalmers (11 May 2007). "Bowler's run for City Hall". The Courier-Mail.
^ "Mayoral Election – ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Rowell concedes defeat – Queensland – BrisbaneTimes – brisbanetimes.com.au". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2017.