Bruce Dooland

Bruce Dooland (1 November 1923 – 8 September 1980) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Tests for the Australian national cricket team during the late 1940s.

During the war Dooland was in an Australian Commando unit serving in the South Pacific. After the war, he played Sheffield Shield cricket for South Australia and took the first post-war hat-trick in Australia. In 1946–47 he was called up for the Third Test in Melbourne against England and took 4/69 and 1/84. More importantly he held up one end while Colin McCool made his maiden Test century. He was kept for the Fourth Test in Melbourne and again defended stoutly while Keith Miller made his maiden Test century, but returned match figures of 3/198 and was dropped in favour of George Tribe. His Test career ended when, after Doug Ring and Colin McCool were preferred as the leg spin bowlers in the 1948 Australian touring party to England, he came to England to play in the Lancashire League and then qualified by residence to play for Nottinghamshire (Notts). In 1950-51 He toured India with the Commonwealth team.