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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = George Mauleverer Gowan
| birth_date = 6 February 1818
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1890|7|15|1818|2|6}}
| death_place = [[Marylebone]], [[London]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1849
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 21
| bat avg1 = 5.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 15
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/1
| date = 23 October
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13918.html Cricinfo
}}

'''George Mauleverer Gowan''' (6 February 1818 – 15 July 1890) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of George Cowan, he was born in February 1818 at [[Chennai|Madras]] in [[British India]]. He was educated in England, firstly at [[Charterhouse School]] from 1829–32, before attending [[Harrow School]] from June 1832–1836.<ref>{{cite book |title=Charterhouse register 1769-1872 |first=R. L. |last=Arrowsmith |publisher=Phillimore |year=1974 |page=163 |isbn=9780850330816 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=448PAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He purchased a commission in the [[97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot|97th Regiment of Foot]] as an [[Ensign_(rank)#United_Kingdom|ensign]] in February 1837.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=19465|date=10 February 1837|page=328}}</ref> Gowan purchased the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in May 1839,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=19743|date=17 May 1839|page=1014}}</ref> before purchasing the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in April 1845.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=20465|date=25 April 1845|page=1254}}</ref> He made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Lord's]] in 1849, before making a second first-class appearance seventeen years later in 1862 for the [[Gentlemen of the North]] against the [[Gentlemen of the South]] at [[Trent Bridge|Nottingham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36892/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by George Gowan |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-10-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[wicket-keeper]], Gowan scored 21 runs in his two matches, as well as taking two catches and making a single [[stumping]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36892/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Gowan |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-10-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He married Anne Stratton in 1849 and lived at [[Leamington Spa]]. Gowan died at [[Marylebone]] in July 1890.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=13918}}

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[[Category:1818 births]]
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[[Category:People from Chennai]]
[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]]
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[[Category:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Gentlemen of the North cricketers]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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