Jack Bowes
Bowes playing for Gold Coast in August 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Cairns, Queensland
Original team(s) Cairns Saints (AFL Cairns)/Surfers Paradise (QAFL)/Gold Coast Suns (NEAFL)
Draft No. 10, 2016 national draft
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 12
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2022 Gold Coast 83 (14)
2023– Geelong 17 (4)
Total 100 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Bowes (born 26 January 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Gold Coast Suns.

Early life

Bowes was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland[1][2] and attended St Augustine's College.[3] His great uncle, Bill Bowes, was an international English cricketer who famously bowled Don Bradman on the first ball in the 1932–33 Ashes series.[4] Jack began playing junior football with the Manunda Hawks Australian Football club before moving to the Cairns Saints Football Club in the AFL Cairns competition. As a junior, he was a standout and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy at the age of thirteen.[5][6] In 2014, he made his senior debut for Cairns Saints as a sixteen year old and went on to play in a losing AFL Cairns seniors grand final that year where he managed a goal in a sixteen-point loss to Port Douglas.[7]

He made the decision to relocate to the Gold Coast at the beginning of 2015 to increase his chances of being drafted.[8] There he continued playing football for the Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) as well as Gold Coast's reserves team in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). His 2015 NEAFL debut for the Gold Coast reserves included twenty-two disposals and one goal. He was selected to represent the under 17 AFL academy team in the 2015 AFL Grand Final curtain raiser and shone in a sixteen possession performance.[9] He also completed his schooling in 2015 at All Saints Anglican School.[10]

Bowes entered the final year of his junior football in 2016 and was predicted by many analysts to be selected with the first pick in the 2016 AFL draft.[11][12][13] Bowes was named captain of the Queensland team that would compete in the 2016 division two AFL Under 18 Championships and led the team to several victories, the best being against Northern Territory.[14] His performances in the championships saw him rewarded with the Hunter Harrison Medal as the best division two player.[15]

Bowes was then selected to captain the Allies in the division one championships and was named in the 2016 under 18 All-Australian team as a result of his performances for the Allies.[16] He was also chosen to represent team Judd in the 2016 all stars under-18 clash at Punt Road Oval, where he amassed twenty-three disposals.[17]

AFL career

Bowes was recruited by the Gold Coast Football Club with their fourth selection and tenth overall in the 2016 national draft; he was initially bid on by the Sydney Swans, but Gold Coast matched the bid.[18]

In 2019, Bowes started with a run with role player. He put down players like Fyfe and Cripps. Bowes had a quad injury in the middle of the season, but recovered from it. Jack Bowes averaged 18.3 disposals and 3.7 tackles. Jack Bowes bringing big midfielders down.

In April 2019 Bowes famously kicked a goal in the final seconds of a match to snatch the lead from Carlton and ensure victory for the Suns. Carlton at that time had traded away their first round pick to the Adelaide Crows, with this heart-breaking loss cementing them as likely favourites for the wooden spoon. Adelaide Crows fans thereafter celebrated Bowes for his efforts.[19]

Bowes was traded to Geelong as part of a salary dump at the end of the 2022 AFL season.[20]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[21]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Gold Coast 29 11 2 2 76 61 137 32 25 0.2 0.2 6.9 5.5 12.5 2.9 2.3
2018 Gold Coast 29 16 4 5 174 85 259 67 37 0.3 0.3 10.9 5.3 16.2 4.2 2.3
2019 Gold Coast 3 15 6 3 139 137 276 53 55 0.4 0.2 9.3 9.1 18.4 3.5 3.7
2020[a] Gold Coast 3 17 1 0 195 95 290 69 30 0.1 0.0 11.5 5.6 17.1 4.1 1.8
2021 Gold Coast 3 19 1 2 307 97 404 97 38 0.1 0.1 16.2 5.1 21.3 5.1 2.0
2022 Gold Coast 3 5 – – 58 20 78 18 7 0.0 0.0 11.6 4.0 15.6 3.6 1.4
Career 83 14 12 949 495 1444 336 192 0.2 0.1 11.4 6.0 17.4 4.0 2.3

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ Five talking points: Gold Coast v Brisbane
  2. ^ Bowes ready for what the Draft holds
  3. ^ AFL draft 2016: Gold Coast Suns academy prospect Jack Bowes 'ticking every box'
  4. ^ Gold Coast's Jack Bowes bowled over by his famous bloodlines
  5. ^ Twomey, Callum (19 January 2016). "Suns set for academy win as top talent Bowes enters draft year". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ^ Walsh, Courtney (3 July 2020). "Homegrown Sun Jack Bowes ready to take on mentor Gary Ablett". The Australian. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ Gerrans, Jordan (24 November 2016). "Cairns product Jack Bowes seen as captain material". The Cairns Post. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ^ "The sacrifice pays off for Jack Bowes". foundation.goldcoastfc.com.au. Gold Coast Suns Foundation. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  9. ^ Twomey, Callum (3 October 2015). "Allies win over the NAB AFL Academy in Grand Final curtain-raiser". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  10. ^ Blucher, Peter (7 July 2021). "Jack Bowes notches up a career high at Marvel". aflq.com.au. AFL Queensland. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ^ Quayle, Emma (1 June 2016). "AFL draft: Who wants to be the No. 1 draft pick?". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  12. ^ Landsberger, Sam (29 June 2016). "Essendon could drop draft bomb by bidding for academy player with No.1 draft pick". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  13. ^ Doerre, Christopher (2 June 2016). "Knightmare's AFL Draft Wrap: Jack Bowes firms as possible No.1 pick". ESPN. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  14. ^ Gaskin, Lee (14 May 2016). "U18s: Suns academy product Jack Bowes stars in big win". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  15. ^ Twomey, Callum (30 June 2016). "Vic Metro dominates Under-18 All Australian side". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  16. ^ Waterworth, Ben (30 June 2016). "Under 18s All-Australian team announced: Including Jack Graham, Hugh McCluggage, Jack Bowes". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  17. ^ Turner, Kieron (6 October 2016). "Bowes optimistic ahead of November's draft". GCFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  18. ^ Hamilton, Andrew (25 November 2016). "Jack Bowes is the first Queensland junior in a decade to be selected in the top 10 of the national draft". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  19. ^ Jackson, Zane (14 April 2019). "Last-gasp Suns break Carlton hearts in thriller". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  20. ^ @AFL_House (11 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Jack Bowes". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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