| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Murray McDowall | |||
| Born | 21 November 1821 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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| Died | 5 November 1894 (aged 72) New Zealand |
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| Bowling style | Underarm | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1850/51–1853/54 | Tasmania | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | |||
| Matches | 2 | |||
| Runs scored | 15 | |||
| Batting average | 7.50 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 11 | |||
| Balls bowled | 172 | |||
| Wickets | 16 | |||
| Bowling average | 6.50 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 5/23 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2011 | ||||
Robert Murray McDowall (21 November 1821 – 5 November 1894), was a Scottish-born Australian cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches for Tasmania. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He has the distinction of having played in the first ever first class cricket match in Australia. When McDowall bowled D.E. 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.