Maurice Dickson

{{short description|Scotland dual-international rugby union player & cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Maurice Dickson

| image =

| country = Scotland

| fullname = Maurice Rhynd Dickson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Panbride, Angus, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|1|10|1882|1|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Woodville House, Arbroath, Scotland

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Scotland

| year1 = {{nowrap|1905–1914}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 723

| bat avg1 = 28.92

| 100s/50s1 = 0/6

| top score1 = 98

| deliveries1 = 24

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 16.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/9

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 19 April

| year = 2023

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26986/26986.html CricketArchive

}}

Colonel Maurice Rhynd Dickson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DSO}} (2 January 1882 – 10 January 1940) was a Scottish sportsman who represented his country in both cricket and rugby union.

Education

Dickson was educated at Marlborough College and went on to read for his bachelor's degree at Merton College, Oxford, from 1900 to 1903.{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900-1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=19}}

Career

In all but two of Dickson's 13 first-class appearances for Scotland, he was captain. He made his first-class debut against Joe Darling's Australian team in 1905 and scored an unbeaten 62 in the fourth innings. A right-handed batsman, he held on in the dying overs with number eleven Frederick Bull to secure a draw.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6804.html|title=Scotland v Australians 1905|publisher=CricketArchive}}

The following year he had another good performance against a touring team, this time the West Indies, with contributions of 36 and 81.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7097.html|title=Scotland v West Indians 1906|publisher=CricketArchive}}

When Australia played Scotland at Edinburgh again in 1912, Dickson made his highest score of 98, missing out on a century when he was bowled by Roy Minnett. On this occasion, Australia won by 296 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8782.html|title=Scotland v Australians 1912|publisher=CricketArchive}}

He took only one wicket in his career, which was Irish batsman Bob Lambert.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9367.html|title=Ireland v Scotland 1914|publisher=CricketArchive}}

Dickson was capped just once for the Scotland national rugby union team, when he appeared as a forward in a six-point loss to Ireland at Inverleith during the 1905 Home Nations Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/scotland/rugby/match/19075.html|title=Home Nations - Inverleith, 25 February 1905|publisher=Scrum.com}}

Military service

During World War I, Dickson served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order "for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika" in the King's 1918 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=30719 |date=3 June 1918 |page=6504|supp=y}} He was also made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.{{cite web|title=Obituaries in 1940|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/229832.html|website=ESPN cricinfo|date=16 December 2005 |accessdate=29 January 2016}}