| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maurice Rhynd Dickson | |||
| Born | 2 January 1882 Panbride, Angus, Scotland |
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| Died | 10 January 1940 (aged 58) Woodville House, Arbroath, Scotland |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1905-1914 | Scotland | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 13 | |||
| Runs scored | 723 | |||
| Batting average | 28.92 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/6 | |||
| Top score | 98 | |||
| Balls bowled | 24 | |||
| Wickets | 1 | |||
| Bowling average | 16.00 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 1-9 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 6/0 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, | ||||
Maurice Rhynd Dickson (born 2 January 1882 – 10 January 1940) was a Scottish sportsman who represented his country in both cricket and rugby union.
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.[1]
The following year he had another good performance against a touring team, this time the West Indies, with contributions of 36 and 81.[2]
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.[3]
He took only one wicket in his career, which was Irish batsman Bob Lambert.[4]
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.[5]