Alex O'Dowd

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Alex O'Dowd

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Alexander Patrick O'Dowd

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|2|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| family = Max O'Dowd (son)

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Auckland

| year1 = {{nowrap|1991/92–1993/94}}

| club2 = Northern Districts

| year2 = 1996/97–1997/98

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 3 January

| debutyear1 = 1992

| debutfor1 = Auckland

| debutagainst1 = Wellington

| lastdate1 = 17 March

| lastyear1 = 1997

| lastfor1 = Northern Districts

| lastagainst1 = Auckland

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 17

| runs1 = 604

| bat avg1 = 25.16

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2

| top score1 = 113

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 13

| runs2 = 108

| bat avg2 = 9.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 29

| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–

| date = 12 September

| year = 2008

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18655/18655.html CricketArchive

}}

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 {{asof|2019|lc=y}} is assistant coach with Nottingham Rugby Club in the English Championship and.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nottinghamrugby.co.uk/staff/alex-odowd |title=Alex O’Dowd, Backs Coach| publisher= Nottingham Rugby|language=en-GB|access-date=July 10, 2019}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38069.html|title=Alex O'Dowd player profile|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2008-09-12}} O'Dowd scored his only century in his second match; hitting 113 against Canterbury in 1992. He also briefly served as Auckland's captain.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55316.html|title=Canterbury v Auckland in 1991/92|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-12| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081002072725/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/55/55316.html| archivedate= 2 October 2008 | url-status=live}}

For several seasons from 1991 O'Dowd was a cricket player/coach in the Netherlands for Hoofdklasse club HBS Craeyenhout.{{cite web | url=https://www.hbs-craeyenhout.nl/index.php?page=936 | title=Best Cricket Team of HBS | publisher=HBS Craeyenhout | date=December 17, 2017 | accessdate=July 10, 2019}} 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.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/643197.html Max O'Dowd] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2015.