He initially played club cricket in the Bradford League for East Bierley, Windhill and Pudsey St.
[2] Moving south, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Middlesex at Lord's in the 1947 County Championship.
[5] During the 1949 season, he was dismissed by the Duke of Edinburgh when his personal eleven played Hampshire in a friendly match at Bournemouth.
[6] After leaving Hampshire at the end of the 1949 season, Dawson moved to Scotland, where he became well-known in Scottish cricket circles.
He proceeded to leave the venue and was later found dead in Paisley in his crashed car.