Background
He was born and died in Oldham, Lancashire.
cricketer association football player
He was born and died in Oldham, Lancashire.
He started his sporting career as a football player and spent four seasons with Manchester City during which time he played 62 matches and scored 26 goals. After leaving football he concentrated on his cricketing career, which had already begun while he was with Manchester City. A right-handed batsman and handy offspinner, he made his first-class debut in 1954, playing with Lancashire.
In that season he scored what would be his only first-class hundred, 118 not out against Scotland.
Dyson was a controversial figure throughout his career, he was a free spirit and it ended up costing him his job at Lancashire. In 1960 the Lancashire committee charged him with "a serious breach of discipline and an act of insubordination and insolence to the captain".
Foreign the next two years Dyson played with Staffordshire and in league cricket. In September 1962 the Lancashire committee was overthrown and Dyson returned to the county for two more seasons, but was released again at the end of the 1964 season.
As a player.