James Gowans (Australian footballer)

James Gowans
Personal information
Full name	James Gowans
Date of birth	(1977-03-13) 13 March 1977
Original team(s)	Werribee
Height / weight	180 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1999 2000–09	St Kilda Central District	4 (2) 180*
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.

James Gowans (born 13 March 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Recruited from Werribee, Gowans only made four appearances with the St Kilda senior side, mostly as a half forward flanker.

In 2000 he joined his twin brother Chris at Central District. He has participated in all of the club's seven SANFL premierships and won the Jack Oatey Medal when they claimed their first flag in 2000. He also won a Bob Quinn Medal in 2002 and the Central District 'Best and Fairest' award the following year.

References

James Gowans's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

1999 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Shannon Rusca 2. Darren Bolton 3. Jeremy Sharpen 4. John Baird 5. Derek Wirth 6. Heath Culpitt 7. Scott Bassett 8. Robbie Taylor 9. Simon Duckworth 10. James Gowans 11. Gerard Bennett 12. Troy Broadbridge 13. Chris Dunne 14. Winis Imbi 15. Stuart Brown

Second round	17. Ashley Clancy 18. Matthew Manfield 19. Glen Bowyer 20. Danny O'Brien 21. Damian Lang 22. Tim Masierowski 23. Teghan Henderson 24. Mark Pearson 25. Chris Gowans 26. Paul Allison 27. Cameron Ramsay 28. Matthew Pearce 29. Kent Kingsley 30. Dean Howard

Third round	32. Antoni Grover 33. Craig Anderson 35. Kaine Marsh 36. Don Webb 38. Andrew Taylor 39. Garth Pickford 40. Brett Kirk 41. Adam Contessa 42. Marcus Nalder 43. Matthew Golding

Fourth round	44. Jeff Cooper 45. Andrew Smith 46. Troy Kirwen 49. Chad Davis 50. Jeremy Jacques 52. Ryan Pagan 53. Jarrod Twitt

Fifth round	54. Trent Knobel 58. Linden Stevens

Sixth round	59. Scott Ralph 62. Scott Matthews

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt 2016: Stephens

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

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