Reginald Hawson

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]

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

Life and family

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

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

References
  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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