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Full name Oswald Charles Dawson
Born September 1, 1919, Rossburgh, Durban, Natal
Current age 89 years 35 days
Major teams South Africa,Border,Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
15
1
293
55
20.92
0
1
0
10
0
First-class
75
119
9
3804
182
34.58
6
20
76
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
15
1294
578
10
2/57
3/92
57.80
2.68
129.4
0
0
0
First-class
75
9563
3427
123
5/42
27.86
2.15
77.7
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 7-11, 1947 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-9, 1949 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1938/39 - 1961/62
Profile
Ossie Dawson was a right-hand bat and an effective medium-pace bowler who toured England in 1947, scoring 1002 runs at 32.32 and taking 54 wickets at 26.07. An athletic man, he opened the bowling in four of the Testsbut lacked the pace to trouble top-order batsmen, whereas he did not possess enough patience to play a long innings. He later appeared in the home series against England in 1948-49 but was not able to reproduce the good form he showed in provincial cricket.
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