Joe Bowers


Joseph "Joe" Bowers was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Rochdale Hornets, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Bowers was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. He won a cap for Great Britain against New Zealand.
Bowers signed for Rochdale Hornets during October 1909, he made his début for Rochdale Hornets against Merthyr Tydfil RLFC.
Bowers was the landlord of The Fusiliers public house, Rochdale.