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Frank Rowlands

cricketer (1889-1975)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ16007863 ↗
Source-derived summary

Frank Rowlands (26 July 1889 – 6 September 1975) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1920 and 1922.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Frank Rowlands” as cricketer (1889-1975). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Frank, Rowlands and cricketer.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1975, 1920, 1922—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1889-07-26. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Frank, Rowlands and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Frank Rowlands”, the useful work is to connect “cricketer (1889-1975)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16007863. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1975, 1920 and 1922.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Frank Rowlands” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.