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Joseph Bower was an English first-class cricketer.
Bower made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1897, [1] with him taking three wickets for 55 runs in the Cambridge first innings;Hampshire eventually lost the match by an innings. [2] He made a further first-class appearance in 1897 against the touring Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Bournemouth,during which he took his career-best figures of 4 for 43, [3] before making a final appearance in the 1898 County Championship against Lancashire at Old Trafford. [1] In his three first-class matches,Bower took eight wickets at an average of 20.75. [4]