Alby Bowtell

Alby Bowtell
Personal information
Full name Albert Henry Bowtell
Date of birth (1887-06-27)27 June 1887
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 11 July 1948(1948-07-11) (aged 61)
Place of death Preston, Victoria
Original team(s) Albert Park
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Henry Bowtell (27 June 1887 – 11 July 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of David Walmsley Bowtell, and Mary Ann Bowtell, née Davies, Albert Henry Bowtell was born in Collingwood on 27 June 1887.[2]

He married Ethel May Harcombe (1888-1920) on 18 January 1911.[3][4][5] His second wife was Alexandrina Victoria Clark (1887-1973), née Patten.[6]

Football

One of nine new players in the team, Bowtell played his only First XVIII match for St Kilda against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911.

The other new players were: Roy Cazaly, Claude Crowl, Peter Donnelly, Alf Hammond, Otto Opelt, Rowley Smith, Tom Soutar, and Bill Ward — and, including that match, and ignoring Harrie Hattam (16 games), Bert Pierce (41 games), and Bill Woodcock (65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.

Death

He died at his Preston residence on 11 July 1948.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.84.
  2. ^ His birth was registered as "Henry Albert Bowtell".
  3. ^ Marriages: Bowtell—Harcombe, The Age, (Saturday, 18 February 1911), p.7.
  4. ^ Death: Bowtell, The Herald, (Friday, 16 July 1920), p.12.
  5. ^ Topics of the Week: Personal, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 31 July 1920), p.2.
  6. ^ Death of Ship's Cook, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 February 1925), p.9.
  7. ^ Deaths: Bowtell, The Age, (Monday, 12 July 1948), p.2.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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