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Dereck Dowling

Dereck Dowling

South African cricketer

Dereck Frank Dowling (25 May 1914 – 30 May 2003) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1937 to 1954.

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A stylish left-handed middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler,[1] Dowling made his first-class debut in the 1937–38 Currie Cup season. Batting at number five for Border against Western Province, he scored 84 and 40 not out in a seven-wicket victory for Border.[2] He played for North-Eastern Transvaal in 1939–40. In the nine matches he played before the Second World War he made six fifties.[3]

He joined Natal in 1946–47, helping them win three of the next five Currie Cup competitions.[1] He twice made his highest score of 106: in an innings victory for Natal over North-Eastern Transvaal in 1947–48,[4] and in a draw against Transvaal in 1952–53.[5] His best bowling figures of 6 for 24 enabled Natal to dismiss Border for 60 and claim an innings victory in the opening match of the 1950–51 Currie Cup.[6]

Although he was considered for the tours of England in 1951 and Australia and New Zealand in 1952–53, he never played Test cricket.[1] The New Zealand player John Reid said Dowling was "perhaps the best batsman – and the unluckiest – never to be selected for South Africa".[7]

He was the president of the Natal Cricket Association from 1974 to 1986. His father, Henry, and younger brother Justin also played Currie Cup cricket.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Wisden 2004, p. 1539.
  2. [2]
    "Western Province v Border 1937–38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "First-class batting and fielding in each season by Dereck Dowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Natal v North-Eastern Transvaal 1947–48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Transvaal v Natal 1952–53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Natal v Border 1950–51". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. [7]
    John Reid, Sword of Willow, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1962, p. 81.
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