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Alexander Dawes (20 November 1859 – 24 February 1939) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago, one in each of the 1884–85 and 1894–95 seasons.

Dawes was born at Inverness in Scotland in 1859. Professionally he worked as a coach builder. He first played for an Otago side in January 1881, playing in a team of 22 against the touring Australians at the Caledonian Ground in Dunedin. He made his provincial first-class debut four seasons later, playing against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in December 1884. He played in other matches against Southland in 1894 and 1896 and made his other first-class appearance for the side against a Fiji side in February 1895.

Dawes died at Dunedin in 1939. He was aged 79.

References

1. ^ "Alexander Dawes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 41. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
3. Alexander Dawes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2023. (subscription required)
4. Obituary, Evening Star, issue 23201, 25 February 1939, p. 15. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 June 2023.)

External links

• Alexander Dawes at ESPNcricinfo

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