Alex O'Dowd

New Zealand cricketer

Alex O'Dowd

Personal information

Full name

Alexander Patrick O'Dowd

Born

(1967-02-25) 25 February 1967 (age 57)
Auckland, New Zealand

Batting

Right-handed

Role

Batsman

Relations

Max O'Dowd (son)

Domestic team information

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

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	17	13
Runs scored	604	108
Batting average	25.16	9.00
100s/50s	1/2	0/0
Top score	113	29
Catches/stumpings	12/–	7/–

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]

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.