Robert McDowall

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Robert Murray McDowall (21 November 1821 – 5 November 1894), was a Scottish-born Australian cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches for Tasmania. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Robert McDowall

Personal information
Full name	Robert Murray McDowall
Born	(1821-11-21)21 November 1821 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died	5 November 1894(1894-11-05) (aged 72) New Zealand
Bowling	Underarm
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1850/51 – 1853/54	Tasmania
First-class debut	11-12 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria
Last First-class	3-4 March 1854 Tasmania v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 2 Runs scored 15 Batting average 7.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 11 Balls bowled 172 Wickets 16 Bowling average 6.50 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/23 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2011

He has the distinction of having played in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia. When McDowall bowled Duncan Cooper for 4 in Victoria's first innings, he took the first-ever first-class wicket claimed in Australia. McDowall went on to take 5/27 in the first innings, making him the first man to take a 5 wicket haul in Australian first class cricket history.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

External links

• Cricinfo Profile