Terence "Terry" Bowes is a former Rhodesia

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

n sportsman who represented his country in both cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 and rugby union

Rugby union

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 during the 1970s.

Bowes, a flyhalf, was first capped for Rhodesia in 1970. A former Hamilton High School student, he played at club level for Old Miltonians. Off the field he worked for a Bulawayo steel company.

As a right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

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 bowler, Bowes was a good enough cricketer to appear in four first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 matches for Rhodesia. Three of those were in the 1971/72 Currie Cup season and the other in 1974/75. His best performances came on debut, against Eastern Province

Eastern Province cricket team

Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...

, when he took 3-38 in the first innings, including the wickets of both openers.