Guy Pawson

Albert Guy Pawson CMG (30 May 1888 – 25 February 1986) was a British colonial administrator who incidentally happened to play a few first-class cricket games while at university.

Albert Pawson
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Guy Pawson
Born(1888-05-30)30 May 1888
Bramley, West Yorkshire
Died25 February 1986(1986-02-25) (aged 97)
Lamerton, Devon
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman/wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1908–1911Oxford University
1908Worcestershire
FC debut28 May 1908 Oxford University
 v Gentlemen of England
Last FC5 July 1911 Oxford University
 v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 28
Runs scored 448
Batting average 12.10
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 44*
Catches/stumpings 30/16
Source: CricInfo, 12 September 2007

He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, and most of his matches were for the Oxford University cricket side, but he did make one appearance in county cricket, playing for Worcestershire against Oxford in 1908. He also had one game for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team.[1]

He made his first-class debut for Oxford against the Gentlemen of England at The University Parks in May 1908. Pawson played a number of times for Oxford during the following three seasons. His final appearance was in the Varsity Match against Cambridge at Lord's in July 1911.

Two of his relatives played first-class cricket: his son Tony played 69 first-class matches, being capped by Kent in 1946 as well as appearing for Oxford and the Gentlemen, while his brother Arthur played a handful of games for Oxford in 1903.

Pawson joined the Sudan Civil Service in 1911 and was Governor of White Nile Province between 1927 and 1931 and of Upper Nile Province from 1931 until 1934. He was Secretary of the International Rubber Regulation Committee between 1934 and 1942, worked at the Colonial Office from 1942 to 1944, then was Secretary of the International Rubber Study Group from 1944 to 1948 and its Secretary-General 1948–60.[2] He was awarded the 4th class of the Order of the Nile in 1924[3] and appointed CMG in the 1935 New Year Honours.[4]

Notes
  1. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Pawson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  2. PAWSON, Albert Guy, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  3. "No. 32935". The London Gazette. 13 May 1924. p. 3842.
  4. "No. 34119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1934. p. 6.
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