that he met his wife, Esme, who was their niece. They were married at St Peter's Church, Harrow, on 30 September 1933 and had two children Tony (born 1935) and Vera (1939). Bowes was a devoted family man who loved walking his dog. After he retired from playing, Bowes was a bowling coach at Yorkshire for many years and worked with, among others, the young Fred Trueman. Bowes had greater ability as a writer and became a cricket correspondent for Leeds-based newspaper The Yorkshire Post. He wrote numerous articles for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in which he showed how he experienced the game as a bowler, and his response to the problems (negative bowling) that cricket faced during the 1950s and 1960s. His responses focused on the everyday cricketer and showed a belief that club cricket, not county or Test cricket, should be seen as the core and building block of the game. He joined the Freemasons in 1935, being initiated in to Lodge of Peace No. 3988. Bill Bowes died following a heart attack on 4 September 1987, in Otley, West Yorkshire, at the age of 79. References Bibliography Bill Bowes at CricketArchive Bill Bowes at ESPNcricinfo External links Yorkshire Post tribute 1908 births 1987 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 English cricketers People from Elland Players cricketers Royal Artillery officers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Yorkshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Sportspeople from Yorkshire H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers British Army personnel of World War II British World War II prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by Italy World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team cricketers Military personnel from Yorkshire