Edward Maurice Dowson (21 June 1880 – 22 July 1933) was an English cricketer for Cambridge University and Surrey. During a first-class cricket career which spanned from 1900 until 1913, he played 113 matches as an all rounder, scoring over 5,000 runs including eight centuries, as well as taking 357 wickets with slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling. He also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club, and toured overseas with various representative teams including Lord Hawke's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1902–03. His father, also named Edward Dowson, also played for Surrey, and his great-grandson Ed Carpenter played briefly for Durham MCC University.