Sam Lowrie

Sam Lowrie

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Arthur Lowrie [1]
Born	6 September 1889 Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
Died	7 February 1954 (64 years) Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	12 st (168 lb; 76 kg)
Position	Hooker, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914–25 Ponsonby 149 12 1 0 38 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–22 Auckland 8 1 1 0 5 1919–25 New Zealand 6 0 0 0 0 1922 New Zealand Māori 7 2 0 0 6
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1929 Ponsonby United 19 14 1 4 74
Source: [2]

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.

Personal life

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

Lowrie, 2nd from the left in the NZ Māori team to play Auckland at Carlaw Park on 20 May 1922.

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

1. "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Samuel Arthur Lowrie". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
5. 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.