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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

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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Cricinfo Profile

v t e 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

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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