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Dawn Rae

Australia cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ16105595 ↗
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Dawn Lillian Rae (née Adams; born 4 January 1941) is an Australian former cricketer who played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match and four One Day Internationals for Australia in 1972 and 1973. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1941, 1972, 1973—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1941-01-04. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dawn, Australia and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dawn Rae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.