Name:

Dower, Robert Reid

Date of Birth:

04 Jun 1876

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Kokstad, Cape Colony

Date Died:

15 Sep 1964

Career:

Test: 1899 - 1899

Teams:

South Africa (Country)

Robert Reid Dower (1876–1964) appeared in one Test match for South Africa in 1899 and also played six first-class matches.

Dower assisted Cape Colony and Eastern Province making his first class debut in 1896-97. He played for South Africa in the first of the two Tests with Lord Hawke’s team at Johannesburg in February 1899, but in two innings scored 9 and 0. In 6 first class matches through to 1906-07 he averaged 6.83 over 12 innings with a highest score of 17.

He was a lawyer by profession.

Drover died on 15th September, 1964 aged 88 years 103 days. He was the oldest living South African cricketer at the time of his death.