Alex O'Dowd
Alexander Patrick O'Dowd (born 25 February 1967) is a professional first class rugby coach and former New Zealand first class cricketer. He has coached North Harbour Rugby Union Mitre 10 Cup side for 3 seasons, was head coach of the Dutch national side and as of 2019 is Assistant Coach with Nottingham Rugby Club in the English Championship and.[1]
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| Full name | Alexander Patrick O'Dowd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1967 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Max O'Dowd (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991-94 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996-98 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 3 January 1992 Auckland v Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 17 March 1997 Northern Districts v Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 Sept 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
- "Alex O'Dowd, Backs Coach". Nottingham Rugby. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Alex O'Dowd player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- "Canterbury v Auckland in 1991/92". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- "Best Cricket Team of HBS". HBS Craeyenhout. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- Max O'Dowd – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2015.