Joseph Dawes

Joseph Dawes (14 February 1836 – unknown) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for five matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1885,^[1] and one for the North of England against the South of England in 1886.

Born in Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Dawes was a right-handed batsman, who scored 104 first-class runs at 11.55, with a best of 28* against Kent, and he took six wickets with his right arm, roundarm, fast bowling at 39.33, with a best of 2 for 24 in the same drawn match at the Bat and Ball Ground in Gravesend. He was coach at Eton College from 1863 to 1866, and then engaged in a similar capacity with the Royal Artillery at Woolwich up to 1876.

The date of his death is not recorded.

References

1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.

External links

• Player profile: Joseph Dawes from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Joseph Dawes from CricketArchive