Background
He was born in Chester, Cheshire.
He was born in Chester, Cheshire.
Dawson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off spin. Dawson made his debut for Shropshire in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Dawson played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1974 to 1988, which included 84 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
He made his List A debut against Essex in the 1974 Gillette Cup.
He made 5 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 1984 National Westminster Trophy. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 40 runs at an average of 8.00, with a high score of 16.
With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 37.75, with best figures of 2/53.