Edwin Dawson

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Edwin Dawson was a first class cricketer who played 16 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1862 and 1874.

A right handed batsman, he met with precious little success during his chronologically long career, scoring just 256 runs at 9.84 with a top score of 30 against an All England Eleven. His round arm medium pace bowling was not called upon in the first class game.

He umpired several first class matches after retiring from the game, Players of the North v England XI at Dewsbury in 1878, Tom Emmett's XI v Alfred Shaw's XI at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford in 1881 Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire v Rest of England in 1883.

Born on May 1, 1835 in Dalton, Huddersfield he died on December 1, 1888 in Bradford, Yorkshire.