Robert McDowall

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Robert McDowall
Personal information
Full name
Robert Murray McDowall
Born(1821-11-21)21 November 1821
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died5 November 1894(1894-11-05) (aged 72)
New Zealand
BowlingUnderarm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1850/51 – 1853/54Tasmania
First-class debut11-12 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria
Last First-class3-4 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

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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