Robert McDowall
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Full name | Robert Murray McDowall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 21 November 1821||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 November 1894 New Zealand | (aged 72)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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