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Alexander Patrick O'Dowd (born 25 February 1967) is a New Zealand
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coach and former
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er. He has coached
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side, was head coach of the Dutch national side and is assistant coach with Nottingham Rugby Club in the
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and. A right-handed batsman, O'Dowd made 17 appearances in
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, 14 of them for
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between 1991 and the end of 1993 and three more for Northern Districts in 1996–97. O'Dowd scored his only century in his second match; hitting 113 against
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in 1992. He also briefly served as Auckland's captain. For several seasons from 1991 O'Dowd was a cricket player/coach in the Netherlands for
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club
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. O'Dowd's son,
Max O'Dowd Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd (born 4 March 1994) is a New Zealand-born Dutch international cricketer who made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in June 2015. He is a right-handed opening batsman and has played for the Netherlands in t ...
, also plays cricket, and, by virtue of holding a Dutch passport, made his debut for the Dutch national side in 2015.Max O'Dowd
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2015.


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* 1967 births Living people Auckland cricketers Northern Districts cricketers New Zealand cricketers New Zealand people of Irish descent Cricketers from Auckland New Zealand rugby union coaches Netherlands national rugby union team coaches 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1960s-stub