# Edward Dowell

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{{short description|English cricketer, clergyman, and vicar}}
{{for|the American football coach and faculty member|Edward S. Dowell}}
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'''Edward William Dowell''' (1822 – 14 February 1896) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in five matches for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1844 and 1845 which are judged to have been [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36699/36699.html| title = Edward Dowell | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 16 May 2014}}</ref> He was born at [Locking](/source/Locking%2C_Somerset), [Somerset](/source/Somerset) and died at [Dunton](/source/Dunton%2C_Norfolk), [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk). He was educated at [Uppingham School](/source/Uppingham_School). The precise date of his birth is not known: the directory of [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) students identifies that he was aged 19 when he was admitted to [Jesus College](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge) in February 1842, but also states that he was aged 72 at his death in 1896.<ref name="Venn">{{acad |id=DWL842EW |name=Dowell, Edward William}}</ref>

Dowell batted and bowled in his first-class cricket matches, but neither his batting nor his bowling style is known. He played minor matches for Norfolk teams from 1844 through to 1870.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36699/Miscellaneous_Matches.html| title = Miscellaneous Matches Played by Edward Dowell | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 16 May 2014}}</ref>

He became a [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) [clergyman](/source/clergyman) and was [vicar](/source/Vicar_(Anglicanism)) of Dunton in Norfolk from 1855 to 1896.<ref name="Venn"/> He had family cricketing connections: his daughter married Cambridge University and [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) player [Charles Tillard](/source/Charles_Tillard) and their son, [Elliot Dowell Tillard](/source/Elliot_Tillard), played for [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) and for teams in India.

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