Ossie Dawson
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| Full name | Oswald Charles Dawson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1919 Durban, Natal |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oswald Charles "Ossie" Dawson MC (1 September 1919, in Durban, Natal – 22 December 2008, in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948-49 series.
He was a medium pace bowler and a useful late middle order batsman who was an important player for Natal from 1938-39 to 1949-50 and Border from 1951-52 to 1961-62. He also played baseball for Natal.[1]
Before he came to prominence on the cricket field, he had a distinguished record in World War II. He served with the Royal Durban Light Infantry at the Battle of El Alamein and later won a Military Cross in Italy.[2]
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- ↑ Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 18.
- ↑ Ossie Dawson dies aged 89 Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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