Stanley Corbett Cowman (14 April 1923 – 2 February 2003) was a New Zealand

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. In his international umpiring career, he stood in two ODI games in 1983. He was also an honorary curator of the New Zealand Cricket Museum at the

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. At the age of 18, he was a flight lieutenant for No. 59 Squadron of the

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