Angus William McDougall (2 April 1913 – 3 May 1983) was a New Zealand

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er. A tall medium-pace bowler with a military bearing, and a useful lower-order batsman, McDougall played eight first-class matches for

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between 1944 and 1947. 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

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and

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. He took his best bowling figures in the

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match against

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in 1946-47, when he took 3 for 68 and 4 for 44 (match figures of 53–13–112–7). McDougall attended

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before moving to

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in the 1930s. He joined the police force in Dunedin in 1934, and in 1937 was transferred from the uniform branch to the

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branch. In 1946 he was promoted to detective-sergeant.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 84. Cardiff:

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. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He worked as a detective throughout his cricket career with Otago. R. T. Brittenden, ''Great Days in New Zealand Cricket'', A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, pp. 107–13. He was transferred to

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in March 1947, effectively ending his first-class cricket career. While stationed in Invercargill, he was promoted to senior detective in 1955. He died at

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in 1983 at the age of 70. An obituary was published in the 1983 edition of the ''New Zealand Cricketer Almanack''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDougall, Bill 1913 births 1983 deaths People educated at Timaru Boys' High School New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin People from Port Chalmers New Zealand police officers