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