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Richard Harold Fowler (5 March 1887 – 27 October 1970) was an English first-class cricketer who played in four matches for Worcestershire in 1921.

Richard Fowler

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 72 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 35 Balls bowled 192 Wickets 7 Bowling average 15.00 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5-33 Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: Cricinfo

Fowler was a clergyman, and after taking career-best figures of 5-33 against Gloucestershire at Stourbridge was informed that he would have been no-balled had he not had that vocation. [1]

He was born in Islington, London, and died aged 83 in Clent, Worcestershire.

References

External links

• Richard Fowler at ESPNcricinfo
• Statistical summary from CricketArchive

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