Robert McDowall
Scottish-born Australian cricketer
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2011 |
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.
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.
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Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)
- 1850–51: Antill
- 1851–52: Henty
- 1852–53: –
- 1853–54: McDowall
- 1854–55: –
- 1855–56: Elliott/McKone
- 1856–57: Wills
- 1857–58: Wills
- 1858–59: Wills
- 1859–60: Richardson/Wills
- 1860–61: Cosstick
- 1861–62: Bennett
- 1862–63: Lawrence
- 1863–64: Grace
- 1864–65: –
- 1865–66: Conway/Cosstick
- 1866–67: Gregory
- 1867–68: Wills
- 1868–69: Cosstick
- 1869–70: Cosstick
- 1870–71: Reid
- 1871–72: Allan
- 1872–73: Cosstick
- 1873–74: –
- 1874–75: Coates
- 1875–76: Evans
- 1876–77: Shaw
- 1877–78: Evans
- 1878–79: Emmett
- 1879–80: Cooper
- 1880–81: Evans
- 1881–82: Palmer
- 1882–83: Palmer
- 1883–84: Palmer
- 1884–85: Peel
- 1885–86: Spofforth
- 1886–87: Turner
- 1887–88: Turner
- 1888–89: Ferris
- 1889–90: Trumble
- 1890–91: Phillips
- 1891–92: Giffen
- 1892–93: Giffen
- 1893–94: Turner
- 1894–95: Giffen
- 1895–96: McKibbin
- 1896–97: McKibbin
- 1897–98: Jones
- 1898–99: Jones
- 1899–1900: Noble
- Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
- 1900–01 to 1949–50
- 1950–51 to 1999–2000
- 2000–01 onwards
- Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
- 1900–01 to 1949–50
- 1950–51 to 1999–2000
- 2000–01 onwards
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