Gilbert Dawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1916
Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-May-1969
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Gilbert Dawson
- Gilbert Wilkinson Dawson (9 December 1914 – 24 May 1969) was an English cricketer.
- Dawson was a right-handed batsman. Dawson spent his early years in the game playing for East Bierley, Windhill and Pudsey St.
- Lawrence. Dawson made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1947 County Championship against Middlesex.
- In the same season Dawson scored his maiden first-class century against Yorkshire at Dean Park in Bournemouth.
- Dawson played twelve matches in 1947, scoring 382 at an average of 22.47, with a high score of 124.
- Dawson made one century and one half century. The 1948 season was Dawson played thirty matches, where he scored another century against Derbyshire.
- In total Dawson scored 1,229 at an average of 23.63.
- Dawson additionally scored five more half centuries and took 23 catches.
- During this season Dawson was awarded his Hampshire cap. Statistically the 1949 season was Dawson's most successful with the club.
- Dawson scored 1,032 at an average of 33.29, with a high score of 158* against Nottinghamshire, with two centuries and four half centuries.
- Dawson was statistically second among Hampshire's players that year.
- Dawson's final first-class match came in the same season against Essex. In sixty first-class matches for Hampshire, Dawson scored 2,643 runs at an average of 26.43, high scoring with 158*, making four centuries and ten half centuries, as well as taking 36 catches. After his first-class career, Dawson moved to Scotland, where he became associated with club cricket.
- After umpiring in a club game, during which he was taken ill.
- Dawson was later found dead in his crashed car on 24 May 1969 in Paisley, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
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