Career
He played four Tests for the West Indies as a fast bowler from 1971 to 1973. He played for Jamaica from 1969-1970 to 1976-1977. He was the leading wicket-taker in the Shell Shield in 1970-1971, with 24 wickets at 15.75, including 2 for 34 and 7 for 19 in the match against Combined Leeward and Windward Islands, a performance which was immediately rewarded with his Test debut in the Fourth Test against India, in which he took 4 for 69 and 1 for 22.
Despite his short Test career, Dowe is famous for the so-called 11th commandment, "Dowe shalt not bowl", dished out to him by spectators in his final Test match against Australia in 1972-1973, in response to his erratic bowling to Keith Stackpole.