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In 1974 he married a widow, Anne Valerie Jodelko, who had two visually-impaired sons. He died four years later, at
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and difficult man – "Bowen never made an influential friend he couldn’t turn into an avowed adversary". He
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He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine
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Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World
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his healthy right leg below the knee in September 1968.
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which ran until 1970. He is best known for his book
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before returning to England in 1951 and joining the
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John Arlott
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"Cricket Historian, Writer, Surgeon, Spy: The Mad World of Major Rowland Bowen"
Eyre & Spottiswoode
Eric Midwinter
W G Grace
George Allen and Unwin
John Arlott
Wisden Cricketer's Almanack

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