Ossie Dawson

Ossie Dawson

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	9	75
Runs scored	293	3804
Batting average	20.92	34.58
100s/50s	0/1	6/20
Top score	55	182
Balls bowled	1294	9563
Wickets	10	123
Bowling average	57.79	27.86
5 wickets in innings	0	3
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/57	5/42
Catches/stumpings	10/-	76/-
Source: CricketArchive,

Oswald Charles Dawson MC (born 1 September 1919 in Durban, Natal, died 22 December 2008 in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1947 to 1949. He was a medium pace bowler and a useful late middle order batsman who was an important player for Natal in the 1940s and Border in the 1950s.

Before he came to prominence on the cricket field, he had a distinguished record in World War II. He served with the Royal Durban Light Infantry at the Battle of El Alamein and later won a Military Cross in Italy.

External links

• Cricinfo
• CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Dawson, Ossie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 September 1919
Place of birth
Date of death	22 December 2008
Place of death