Alfred James "Dandy" Lowth (27 July 1817 – 5 February 1907) was an English cleric and first-class cricketer with amateur status.
[1] Lowth was a left arm fast bowler, using a roundarm action, who was recorded in 8 matches designated first-class by CricketArchive.
[4] His action was described as "natural roundarm at the height of the shoulder" and, although a fast bowler, he put a lot of spin on the ball.
[5] A letter to The Times in 1919 quoted from the preface to John Wisden's book Public School Matches: "Probably the greatest bowler who has ever hailed from Winchester was A. J. Lowth, who holds the unique record of having represented the Gentlemen of England v. the Players at Lord's whilst still a boy at school.
[7] Lowth played for Oxford for three seasons and made another appearance for the Gentlemen in 1841 but his career ended early due to failing eyesight.