Harold Dawson

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Harold Dawson

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| country = England

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|8|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Todmorden, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|5|14|1914|8|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Todmorden, Yorkshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1947–1948

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| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 236

| bat avg1 = 13.11

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| top score1 = 37

| deliveries1 = 12

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| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 24 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11845.html Cricinfo

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Harold Dawson (10 August 1914 – 14 May 1994) was an English first-class cricketer. Dawson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Dawson joined famous Lancashire League team Todmorden Cricket Club in 1931. A prolific batsman for the club, Dawson scored a fifty on every ground in the Lancashire League. Dawson played in four championship and four Worsley Cup-winning sides.

Dawson represented Hampshire in ten first-class matches between 1937 and 1938. Dawson made his County Championship debut against Kent in 1937. His final first-class appearance for the county came against a Combined Services team in 1938.

In 1949 Dawson represented Devon in a friendly match against Worcestershire. In 1957 Dawson was part of a combined Lancashire League side that took on Lancashire in a friendly match.

From 1985 to 1986 Dawson was the president of Todmorden Cricket Club and of the Lancashire League.

Dawson died in Todmorden, Yorkshire on 14 May 1994.