Bob Rowse

Robert Leslie Rowse (8 September 1926 – 5 May 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Bob Rowse
Personal information
Full name	Robert Leslie Rowse
Date of birth	(1926-09-08)8 September 1926
Date of death	5 May 2016(2016-05-05) (aged 89)
Original team(s)	Ormond
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951	Melbourne	6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

He married Betty Mary McGill (1928-2021) in 1950.^[2][3] They had three children.

Cricket

He played in 40 first grade matches for the Prahran Cricket Club over six seasons (1945/6 to 1950/51), scoring a total of 798 runs (average 18.55; highest score 77).^[4][5]

In 1954, as the opening bat for a combined Mildura side, playing against a combined Ballarat side, he scored 108 in 141 minutes, with 15 4's — this was the top score for the 1954 Melbourne Country Cricket Week competition.^[6]

Football

Rowse was recruited from Ormond in the Victorian Amateur Football Association after they won the 1950 A. Grade premiership.^[7] Rouse was also selected in the 1950 Victorian Amateur Representative team.^[8]

Rowse won the 1956 Sunraysia Football League best and award,^[9] the McLeod Memorial Medal.^[10]