John Nicholls Fowke (23 October 1859 – 25 April 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer, born in Wales.

[5] Fowke continued to work for cricket in Canterbury after his playing days were over.

In 1910–11, when Canterbury were struggling to find funds to send their team to Auckland to contest the Plunket Shield, he began a public appeal, which raised the required money.

Canterbury won the match, taking the Shield from Auckland for the first time since 1907.

[3][6] A bootmaker by trade, Fowke also worked as a tally clerk at the Lyttelton wharf.