Philip Salkeld Syndercombe Bower (24 September 1898 – 12 October 1978) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Henry Gregory Syndercombe Bower, he was born at Holtby in September 1898. He was educated at Repton School, entering straight into the Royal Garrison Artillery in September 1917 as a second lieutenant and serving in the final year of the First World War. Following the war he went up to Oriel College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1919. He made three further first-class appearances for Oxford in 1919, in addition to making a first-class appearance for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against Oxford University at Eastbourne. For Oxford, he scored 105 runs at an average of 1