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Reginald Hawson

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Reginald Hawson
The Tasmanian cricket team that beat Victoria
at the MCG in 1902-03. Reg Hawson is
standing at the far left.
Personal information
Full name
Reginald James Hawson
Born(1880-09-02)2 September 1880
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died20 February 1928(1928-02-20) (aged 47)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898-99 – 1913-14Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 27
Runs scored 1705
Batting average 37.06
100s/50s 2/7
Top score 199*
Balls bowled 342
Wickets 3
Bowling average 74.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/42
Catches/stumpings 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2020

Reginald James Hawson (2 September 1880 – 20 February 1928) was an Australian cricketer. He played 27 first-class matches for Tasmania between 1898 and 1914.[1]

Life and family

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Hawson was a son of Edward Hawson (died 3 November 1925), noted Hobart businessman and a trustee of the Tasmanian Cricket Association,[2] and his wife Mary Jane Hawson (née Smith, died 13 October 1924), who married in 1873.[3]

He married Mabel Blundstone, daughter of John Blundstone, on 20 January 1903. Edgar Hawson (25 July 1878 – 29 September 1946) was a brother.

Hawson joined the public service in Tasmania in 1899 and became Superintendent of the New Town Infirmary in Hobart in 1914, a position he held at the time of his death in February 1928. He left a widow, two sons and three daughters.[4]

Cricket career

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In his history of Tasmanian cricket, Roger Page said Hawson was "Stylish, possessing all the strokes, especially the square cut ... Besides, he was the ace slip of his time."[5] Hawson captained Tasmania to a 54-run victory over Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1912-13 in which he contributed 41 and 199 not out.[6] He also scored 139 against Victoria in Launceston in 1908-09.[7] In the annual intrastate match between North and South in 1910-11 he scored 238 not out, captaining South to an innings victory.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Reginald Hawson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ^ "The Late Mr E. Hawson". The Mercury (Hobart). 6 November 1925. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart). 18 September 1923. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Mr. R. J. Hawson". The Mercury: 6. 21 February 1928.
  5. ^ Roger Page, A History of Tasmanian Cricket, Government Printer, Hobart, 1958, p. 85.
  6. ^ "Victoria v Tasmania, 1912/13". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Tasmania v Victoria, 1908/09". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. ^ "South v North 1910-11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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