# Alfred Lowth > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Lowth > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alfred_Lowth.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lowth > Source revision: 1343643959 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer and cleric}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alfred Lowth | image = | country = England | fullname = Alfred James Lowth | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1817|7|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Chiswick](/source/Chiswick), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|2|5|1817|7|27|df=yes}} | death_place = [Winchester](/source/Winchester), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire) | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left-arm fast | role = Bowler | club1 = [Oxford University Cricket Club](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1837–1841 | club2 = | year2 = | date = 15 April | year = 2013 | columns = | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37240/37240.html CricketArchive. }} '''Alfred James "Dandy" Lowth''' (27 July 1817 – 5 February 1907) was an English cleric and [cricket](/source/cricket)er with [amateur status](/source/Amateur_status_in_first-class_cricket). As a cricketer he was active from 1836 to 1841, when his career was cut short because of failing eyesight. ==Career== Lowth matriculated at [Exeter College, Oxford](/source/Exeter_College%2C_Oxford), becoming a scholar in 1838. He graduated B.A. in 1841, and M.A. in 1844.{{alox2|title=Lowth, Alfred James}} After graduating at Oxford, Lowth became a Church of England priest and was [perpetual curate](/source/perpetual_curate) of [Alderholt](/source/Alderholt), [Dorset](/source/Dorset), 1849–54;{{cite book |title=UK, Clergy List |date=1897 |location=Ancestry.com}} [perpetual curate](/source/perpetual_curate) of [Branksea Island](/source/Brownsea_Island) in Poole Harbour, Dorset, 1854–60; [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Hamworthy](/source/Hamworthy), Dorset, 1860–63;, and rector of [St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate](/source/St_Swithun-upon-Kingsgate_Church), Winchester, 1865–85. ==Cricketer== Lowth was a left arm [fast bowler](/source/fast_bowling), using a [roundarm action](/source/roundarm_bowling), who was recorded in 8 matches designated by ''CricketArchive''. He totalled 101 runs with a highest score of 24 and held 3 catches. His bowling record was outstanding as he took 63 wickets in his eight games and twice achieved [ten wickets in a match](/source/ten_wickets_in_a_match). Lowth played six times for [Oxford University Cricket Club](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) and also represented the Gentlemen twice in the [Gentlemen v Players](/source/Gentlemen_v_Players) series.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37240/37240.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=Alfred Lowth |access-date=15 April 2013}} Known as "Dandy", Lowth appeared for the Gentlemen in the 1836 match when still a pupil at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College). He was only 5 feet 4 inches tall, which is small for a fast bowler but he was described as a "pocket Hercules".Altham, p.70. His action was described as "natural roundarm at the height of the shoulder" and, although a fast bowler, he put a lot of spin on the ball.Warner, p.42. A letter to ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'' in 1919 quoted from the preface to [John Wisden](/source/John_Wisden)'s book ''Public School Matches'': "Probably the greatest bowler who has ever hailed from Winchester was A. J. Lowth, who holds the unique record of having represented the Gentlemen of England v. the Players at Lord's whilst still a boy at school."{{cite news| title = Cricket Reminiscences: To the Editor of The Times | newspaper = The Times |issue = 42206 | page = 4 | location = London | date = 16 September 1919 }} A reply from [Pelham Warner](/source/Pelham_Warner) three days later indicated that Lowth's feat was achieved for a team of 18 Gentlemen against 11 Players, and "that Mr [G. T. S. Stevens](/source/Greville_Stevens) is entitled to the honour of having achieved a unique feat" in that he appeared in a full Gentlemen v Players game while still at school.{{cite news| title = Cricket Reminiscences: To the Editor of The Times | newspaper = The Times |issue = 42209 | page = 4 | location = London | date = 19 September 1919 }} Lowth played for Oxford for three seasons and made another appearance for the Gentlemen in 1841 but his career ended early due to failing eyesight. ==Publication== *''Winchester Cathedral: an historical poem'', Jacob & Johnson, "Hampshire Chronicle" Office, Winchester, 1897 ==References== {{Reflist}} == Bibliography == * {{cite book |last=Altham |first=H. S. |author-link=Harry Altham |title=A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) |year=1962 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin }} * {{cite book |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Haygarth |title=Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) |publisher=[Frederick Lillywhite](/source/Frederick_Lillywhite) |location=Kennington |year=1996 |orig-year=1862 |isbn=978-19-00592-23-9}} * {{cite book |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Haygarth |title=Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840) |publisher=Frederick Lillywhite |location=Kennington |year=1997 |orig-year=1862 |isbn=978-19-00592-23-9}}* {{cite book |last=Warner |first=Pelham |author-link=Pelham Warner |title=Lord's: 1787–1945 |year=1946 |publisher=Harrap }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowth, Alfred James}} Category:1817 births Category:1907 deaths Category:English cricketers Category:English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Category:Gentlemen cricketers Category:Oxford University cricketers Category:People educated at Winchester College Category:Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Category:19th-century English Anglican priests Category:People from Chiswick --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alfred Lowth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lowth) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lowth?action=history)). 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