A South Australian representative at the 1948 Perth Amateur Carnival , Dowding was also league footballer with Sturt .
Dowding gave up a promising Australian rules football career when he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and moved to England .
A Australian   representative at the 1948 Perth Amateur Carnival , Dowding was also league footballer with Sturt .
Dowding gave up a promising Australian rules football career when he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and moved to England .