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| Full name | Alexander Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1876 Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 1924(1924-07-17) (aged 48) Uddingston, Larnarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Alexander Downs (28 May 1876 — 17 July 1924) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
Downs was born Uddingston in May 1876. A club cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Uddingston, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against the touring South Africans at Edinburgh in 1907. Playing as a wicket-keeper in the Scottish team, Downs was dismissed without scoring by Bert Vogler, while following-on in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by Reggie Schwarz. Outside of cricket, he was a partner in the family joinery and building contracting business. Downs went missing on Friday, 11 July 1924, with his body being discovered in the River Clyde nearly a week later on Thursday, 17 July near the Haughhead Bridge at Uddingston.
References
- ^ District news. Motherwell Times. 25 July 1924. p. 6
- "First-Class Matches played by Alexander Downs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- "Scotland v South Africans, 1907". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- "No. 12697". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 August 1914. p. 942.
- Notices. Coatbridge Leader. 26 July 1924. p. 4