Reginald James Hawson (2 September 1880 – 20 February 1928) was an Australian cricketer.

[1] Hawson was a son of Edward Hawson (died 3 November 1925), noted Hobart businessman and a trustee of the Tasmanian Cricket Association,[2] and his wife Mary Jane Hawson (née Smith, died 13 October 1924), who married in 1873.

Hawson joined the public service in Tasmania in 1899 and became Superintendent of the New Town Infirmary in Hobart in 1914, a position he held at the time of his death in February 1928.

[4] In his history of Tasmanian cricket, Roger Page said Hawson was "Stylish, possessing all the strokes, especially the square cut ...

"[5] Hawson captained Tasmania to a 54-run victory over Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1912-13 in which he contributed 41 and 199 not out.