William Irvine Rowell (19 June 1869 – 17 December 1916) was an English businessman and a sportsman who played rugby union for Cambridge University and first-class cricket for the university team as well.
[1] The 1891 season, Rowell's last at the university, went in much the same direction with a few unsuccessful games, after which he was dropped from the university team; but towards the end of June he was picked for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team to play against Cambridge University and scored 53 as an opening batsman, more than the whole Cambridge team mustered in their first innings.
Earlier in the same academic year, he had also been selected for a rugby union Blue as a forward in the match against Oxford; Sammy Woods was in both the rugby and cricket teams alongside him.
Rowell graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891.
[2] His later career is not certain, but the directory of Cambridge alumni states that he became a brewer.