William George Dyas MBE (6 November 1872 – 14 January 1940) was an English first-class cricketer, as well as footballer, businessman and local politician in Shropshire.
Dyas was born in November 1872 at Madeley, Shropshire, son of farmer and maltster Andrew Beacall Dyas, whose family of Dutch extraction migrated to England in the reign of William III, and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of George Legge.
He was invited to join West Bromwich Albion as an inside-right but declined due to business commitments.
[9] Dyas was involved in the clay industry in Shropshire,[10] having joined and become a partner by 1907 in the roofing tile-making firm of George Legge & Son (owned by his maternal family) at Broseley.
He also represented Madeley as member of Shropshire County Council for 16 years, was a chairman of governors of Coalbrookdale High School.
[9] In the First World War Dyas served as superintendent of local munitions magazines in Shropshire, for which he was awarded the M.B.E.