Full Name

Henry Anthony Pawson

Born

August 22, 1921, Chertsey, Surrey

Died

October 12, 2012 (aged 91y 51d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Tony Pawson was a talented all-round sportsman with success at cricket, football and fishing. As a 15-year-old, in 1937, he scored 237 at Lord's when playing for a Lord's XI against a CF Tufnell's XI and in 1947 he represented MCC against the South Africans playing in a team alongside Denis Compton. He played his first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent. He represented England at football, played at the 1948 London Olympics and appeared in two football league matches for Charlton Athletic. In 1982 he was a member of the England fly fishing team that won the World Championship and in 1988 was awarded on OBE for services to angling. was also the cricket correspondent for the Observer newspaper.
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Tony Pawson Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC6911311380715037.32723360

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC6955528072/2640.003.0279.200

Recent Matches of Tony Pawson

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Kent vs Australians1 & 3521-Aug-1948CanterburyFC
Oxford Uni vs Australians0 & 1519-May-1948OxfordFC
Kent vs Indians0*28-Aug-1946CanterburyFC

Debut/Last Matches of Tony Pawson

FC Matches

Span
1946 - 1953

Photos of Tony Pawson

Tony Pawson goes for a pull
Tony Pawson at Oxford University