Alan Dowding, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian rules footballer and cricketer
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Place of Birth: Unley, South Australia, Australia
About Alan Dowding
- Alan Lorimer Dowding (born 4 April 1929) is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the Commonwealth XI and Free Foresters. Dowding gave up a promising Australian rules football career when he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and moved to England.
- A South Australian representative at the 1948 Perth Amateur Carnival, Dowding was also league footballer with Sturt.
- He studied at Balliol College while at Oxford University and had previously attended St Peter's College and Adelaide University back home. From 1951 to 1953, Dowding was a regular fixture in the Oxford University cricket team, usually as a number five batsman but also batting in the top order.
- In just his third first-class appearance, Dowding scored 105 against Nottinghamshire.
- He made it back to back centuries when he made 103 not out in a win over Free Foresters in his very next match.His performances in 1952 were mixed, but he did score 69 against India.
- In 1952 he also played two first-class matches for the Commonwealth XI and against batted well against India, with a first innings 54 and 35 in the second.Appointed Oxford captain in 1953, Dowding led the team in 14 first-class fixtures, including a match with the touring Australian team.
- He came close to scoring a century against Yorkshire but was bowled by Ray Illingworth for 99.He played for both Free Foresters and the MCC from 1954 to 1956.
- He made just four half centuries from total of ten matches during that time, although his average in 1956 was a decent 44.
- While playing with the MCC in what would be his second last first-class match, Dowding took the only wicket of his career when he caught and bowled Cambridge opener Bob Barber.
- He was only bowling because Cambridge were chasing a small fourth-innings score, and his three balls also including the winning runs, off the bat of Ted Dexter.
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