Robert Murray McDowall (21 November 1821 – 5 November 1894), was a
Scottish-born
Australia
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cricket
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er who played two
first-class cricket
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matches for
Tasmania
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. He was born in
Edinburgh
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Scotland
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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.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
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It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
External links
Cricinfo Profile
1821 births
1894 deaths
Cricketers from Edinburgh
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Scottish emigrants to Australia
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