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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

Jake Bowey (born 12 September 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life[edit]

Bowey is the son of former St Kilda player Brett Bowey.

Bowey participated in the Auskick program at the Highett Football Club.[1] He went on to play junior and senior football with the club and under 18 football with the Sandringham in the NAB League.[citation needed]

He was educated at Cheltenham Secondary College.[2]

Bowey was drafted by the Melbourne Football Club with pick 21, in the 2020 AFL draft.[3]

AFL Career[edit]

Bowey made his AFL debut in the Demon’s 98-point victory against Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium in round 20, 2021.[4] Bowey held his spot in the best 22 which propelled Melbourne to its first premiership since 1964.

Bowey would go on to feature in 17-straight wins for Melbourne to start his career, almost breaking the V/AFL record of Collingwood’s Albert Lauder set in the 1920s, when Lauder played in 18-straight wins to start his career.[5]

Statistics[edit]

Updated to the end of round 2, 2023.[6]

Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2021# Melbourne 17 7 0 0 61 58 119 23 5 0.0 0.0 8.7 8.3 17.0 3.3 0.7
2022 Melbourne 17 17 2 0 173 111 284 69 29 0.1 0.0 10.2 6.5 16.7 4.1 1.7
2023 Melbourne 17 2 0 0 22 10 32 5 4 0.0 0.0 11.0 5.0 16.0 2.5 2.0
Career 26 2 0 256 179 435 97 38 0.1 0.0 9.8 6.9 16.7 3.7 1.5

Honours and achievements[edit]

Team

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ AFL Record. Round 3, 2022. pg 48
  2. ^

    “Melbourne’s Jake Bowey set for seventh career start in AFL grand final – ABC News”. amp.abc.net.au. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

  3. ^ “Jake Bowey | AFL”. melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. ^ “AFL – News, Fixtures, Scores & Results”. afl.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ Cherny, Daniel (9 May 2022). “Melbourne’s Jake Bowey closes in on 93-year-old VFL-AFL record for most wins to start career”. Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ “Jake Bowey”. AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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