Uton George Dowe was a Jamaican cricket

Cricket

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er. (born 29 March 1949). He played only four Tests

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 for the West Indies as a fast bowler in the 1970s.

Despite having such a short career, Dowe is famous for the so-called 11th commandment 'Dowe shalt not bowl' - dished out to him in his final Test match against Australia

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 in 1972/73, where his erratic bowling to Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

displeased the crowd.

Books

• Sobers, G. (1988) Twenty Years at the Top, MacMillan London, ISBN: 0 330 30868 8.