Bill McDougall (cricketer)

Angus William McDougall (2 April 1913 – 3 May 1983) was a New Zealand cricketer.[1]

Bill McDougall
Personal information
Full name
Angus William McDougall
Born(1913-04-02)2 April 1913
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
Died3 May 1983(1983-05-03) (aged 70)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1944-45 to 1946-47Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 196
Batting average 19.60
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 34
Balls bowled 1914
Wickets 31
Bowling average 23.77
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/44
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 October 2021

A tall medium-pace bowler with a military bearing,[2] and a useful lower-order batsman, McDougall played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1944 and 1947.[3] In Otago's match against the visiting Australian team in 1946 he took three wickets, and against the English team in 1947 he took seven wickets, including those of Wally Hammond and Denis Compton.[4][5] He took his best bowling figures in the Plunket Shield match against Auckland in 1946-47, when he took 3 for 68 and 4 for 44 (match figures of 53–13–112–7).[6]

McDougall attended Timaru Boys' High School before moving to Dunedin in the 1930s.[7] He joined the police force in Dunedin in 1934, and in 1937 was transferred from the uniform branch to the detective branch. In 1946 he was promoted to detective-sergeant.[8] He worked as a detective throughout his cricket career with Otago.[2] He was transferred to Invercargill in March 1947, effectively ending his first-class cricket career.[7] While stationed in Invercargill, he was promoted to senior detective in 1955.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Bill McDougall". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. R. T. Brittenden, Great Days in New Zealand Cricket, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, pp. 107–13.
  3. "Angus McDougall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. "Otago v Australians". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. "Otago v MCC 1946-47". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. "Auckland v Otago 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. "McDougall Transferred". Evening Star: 4. 14 March 1947.
  8. "Personal". Evening Star: 6. 7 March 1947.
  9. "Other Police Promotions". Press: 6. 13 August 1955.
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