Tony Pawson (cricketer) explained

Tony Pawson
Honorific Suffix:OBE
Country:England
Fullname:Henry Anthony Pawson
Birth Date:22 August 1921
Birth Place:Chertsey, Surrey
Death Place:Chilcomb, Hampshire
Family:Guy Pawson (father)
Arthur Pawson (uncle)
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off-spin
Club1:Kent
Year1:1946–1953
Club2:Oxford University
Year2:1947–1948
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:69
Runs1:3,807
Bat Avg1:37.32
100S/50S1:7/23
Top Score1:150
Deliveries1:555
Wickets1:7
Bowl Avg1:40.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/26
Catches/Stumpings1:36/–
Date:4 December
Year:2014
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18807.html Cricinfo

Henry Anthony Pawson (22 August 1921 – 12 October 2012) was an English sportsman who played cricket and association football and was a leading fly fisherman. He worked as a cricket writer and journalist. He was the son of Guy Pawson, and father of scientist Anthony Pawson.[1]

Biography

Pawson was born at Chertsey in Surrey and educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford. During the Second World War he served in the Rifle Brigade, reaching the rank of Major and seeing active service in Italy and Tunisia, being mentioned in despatches. He worked for Reed International where he became Personnel Director, and then as an industrial relations adviser.

Pawson played a total of 69 first-class cricket matches for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club. He batted right-handed, scoring 3,807 runs (including seven centuries) at an average of 37.32. He captained Oxford in 1948 when they defeated Cambridge University by an innings.[2]

Pawson was a good all-round sportsman and also played association football to a high level. He won a Blue for Oxford University and played two league matches for Charlton Athletic, scoring on his debut versus Tottenham Hotspur in December 1951. He was a member of the Pegasus A.F.C. team that won the FA Amateur Cup in 1951[3] and a member of the Great Britain football squad for the 1952 Summer Olympic Games although he did not feature in any of the team's matches. He played as a winger.

He became cricket correspondent of The Observer and chaired the Cricket Writers' Club, 1980–81.

He was regarded as one of the world's leading fly fishermen and was individual World Fly Fishing Champion in 1984. He also won world titles as part of the England national team. In the 1988 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to angling".[4] [5] He died on 12 October 2012, aged 91.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tony Pawson . Olympedia . 12 November 2021.
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18561.html Oxford University v Cambridge University 1948
  3. https://kentcricketheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/land-and-water/ Land and Water
  4. Book: Cameron, Colin. The Valiant 500. 1991. Colin Cameron. Sidcup. 243–4.
  5. United Kingdom list:
  6. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22199509/kent-batsman-tony-pawson-dies Kent batsman Tony Pawson dies