peter, dowson, peter, malcolm, dowson, march, 1915, june, 2004, english, cricketer, british, indian, army, officer, personal, informationfull, namepeter, malcolm, dowsonborn30, march, 1915breamore, hampshire, englanddied25, june, 2004, 2004, aged, somerset, en. Peter Malcolm Dowson MC 30 March 1915 25 June 2004 was an English cricketer and British Indian Army officer Peter DowsonPersonal informationFull namePeter Malcolm DowsonBorn30 March 1915Breamore Hampshire EnglandDied25 June 2004 2004 06 25 aged 89 Somerset EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast mediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1937 38 1938 39Europeans1937 38BombayCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 5Runs scored 155Batting average 15 50100s 50s 1Top score 50Balls bowled 674Wickets 9Bowling average 35 115 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 3 74Catches stumpings 3 Source Cricinfo 5 June 2022Dowson was born in March 1915 at Breamore Hampshire He was educated at Rugby School 1 from where he went to British India Dowson played first class cricket in India making his debut for the Europeans cricket team against the Cricket Club of India at Bombay in December 1937 Over the following eleven months he played four further first class matches three for the Europeans and one for Bombay in the Ranji Trophy against Nawanagar 2 In five first class matches Dowson scored 155 runs at an average of 15 50 with a highest score of 50 3 With his right arm fast medium bowling he took 9 wickets with best figures of 3 for 74 4 Dowson served in the British Army during the Second World War being commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant from an Officers Training Corps unit in June 1940 5 Following the end of the war at which point he was a temporary major he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and distinguished service during the Burma Campaign 6 he was additionally mentioned in dispatches in May 1946 for his part in that campaign 7 After the war Dowson emigrated to South Africa where was employed by Shell as an assistant general manager in 1958 1 He later returned to England where he died in Somerset in June 2004 References edit a b Donaldson Kenneth MacLeay 1958 South African Who s Who Ken Donaldson p 210 First Class Matches played by Peter Dowson CricketArchive Retrieved 5 June 2022 First Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Dowson CricketArchive Retrieved 5 June 2022 First Class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Dowson CricketArchive Retrieved 5 June 2022 No 34875 The London Gazette Supplement 14 June 1940 p 3686 No 37595 The London Gazette Supplement 4 June 1946 p 2737 No 37558 The London Gazette Supplement 7 May 1946 p 2210 External links editPeter Dowson at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Dowson amp oldid 1156696180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
