Sam Lowe (19 July 1867 – 29 March 1947) was an English
cricket
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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-bowler. He was born and died in
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
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.
Lowe made one first-class appearance for
Nottinghamshire
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during the 1894 season, and played Minor Counties cricket for
Glamorgan
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between 1896 and 1902. Lowe's input to the first-class game was minimal, scoring eight runs in the first innings and a duck in the second innings of his only first-class match.
Sam's brothers,
Richard
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and
Tom
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, also had brief first-class careers.
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1867 births
1947 deaths
English cricketers
Nottinghamshire cricketers
People from Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Cricketers from Nottinghamshire
Glamorgan cricketers