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Full name | Alexander Patrick O'Dowd | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 25 February 1967|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Max O'Dowd (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
1991/92–1993/94 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||
1996/97–1997/98 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 3 January 1992 Auckland v Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 17 March 1997 Northern Districts v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,12 September 2008 |
Alexander Patrick O'Dowd (born 25 February 1967) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former first-class cricketer. He has coached North Harbour Rugby Union Mitre 10 Cup side,was head coach of the Dutch national side and as of 2019 [update] is assistant coach with Nottingham Rugby Club in the English Championship and. [1]
A right-handed batsman,O'Dowd made 17 appearances in first-class cricket,14 of them for Auckland between 1991 and the end of 1993 and three more for Northern Districts in 1996–97. [2] O'Dowd scored his only century in his second match;hitting 113 against Canterbury in 1992. He also briefly served as Auckland's captain. [3]
For several seasons from 1991 O'Dowd was a cricket player/coach in the Netherlands for Hoofdklasse club HBS Craeyenhout. [4] O'Dowd's son,Max O'Dowd,also plays cricket,and,by virtue of holding a Dutch passport,made his debut for the Dutch national side in 2015. [5]
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