Samuel Arthur Lowrie (1889-1954) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[2] His grandnephew, Jason Lowrie, also represented New Zealand in rugby league.
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| Full name | Samuel Arthur Lowrie[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1889 Thames, Waikato, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 February 1954 (64 years) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life edit
Sam Lowrie was born on 6 September 1889, in Thames. His parents were Samuel Lowrie (1854-1913) and Johanne Donnelly (1868-1933). He had 12 siblings; William Ernest Lowrie (1886-1959), Mary Helena Lowrite (1887-1954), Alice Hannah Lowrie (1891-1962), Millicent Ellenor Lowrie (1893-1969), Annie Elizabeth Lowrie (1896-1970), Archibald James Lowrie (1898-1898), Flora Lowrie (1900-1902), Hilda Emily Lowrie (1903-1921), Jessie Myrtle Lowrie Cousin (1905-1967), Leslie John Lowrie (1910-1973), and Rachel Vilate Lowrie (1912-1973). Sam Lowrie did not marry and had no children.[3]
Various census rolls showed where he was living and what his occupation was at these times. In 1914 he was living in Karangahake as a miner. In 1915 he was living on Victoria Avenue and working as a miner. In 1919 he was living at 151 Newton Road and working as a miner. In 1928 he was living at 66 Beresford Street and working as a chamber hand. In 1935 he lived at 21 Virginia Avenue in central Auckland and was a labourer. He moved to Rotorua and was living in Ngaputahi as a contractor in 1938. From 1946-49 he was living at 165 Jervois Road and was a steelworker.
Playing career edit
Lowrie played for the Ponsonby club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[4]
In 1919 Lowrie played for Auckland and was first selected to represent New Zealand, playing in three test matches against the touring Australian side.[citation needed]
In 1922 Lowrie toured Australia, with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.[5] He qualified for the Māori side through his grandmother Mere Tipona, who married his grandfather Samuel George Kennedy Lowrie.[citation needed]
Lowrie was named Ponsonby's best forward in 1923. He again played for New Zealand in 1924, against the touring Great Britain Lions, and toured Australia in 1925, a tour where no test matches were played.[citation needed]
He retired in 1927 after fracturing his jaw. He played in 149 games for Ponsonby between 1914 and 1927, out of a possible 196.[5]
References edit
- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Samuel Arthur Lowrie". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ a b Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (1 January 2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 74–76. ISBN 9781869693312 – via Google Books.