Gilbert Dawson
English cricketer (1916-1969)
Gilbert Wilkinson Dawson (9 December 1914 – 24 May 1969) was a first-class English cricketer.
Dawson was born at Bradford in December 1914. He initially played club cricket in the Bradford League for East Bierley, Windhill and Pudsey St. Lawrence. Following the end of the Second World War, new Hampshire captain Desmond Eagar set about recruiting younger players to replace the ageing players that had appeared for Hampshire before the war. He looked north, recruiting Dawson, alongside Derek Shackleton and the unrelated Harold Dawson. Moving south, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Middlesex at Lord's in the 1947 County Championship. The first of his four centuries for Hampshire came in 1947, against Yorkshire at Bournemouth. He played twelve matches in his debut season, and followed that up in 1948 with thirty appearances; he recorded a second century in 1948, making 110 against Derbyshire, whilst scoring 1,229 runs in the season at an average of 23.63. In 1949, he made eighteen first-class appearances.
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