Alexander Dawes (20 November 1859 – 24 February 1939) was a New Zealand

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er. He played two first-class matches for

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, one in each of the 1884–85 and 1894–95 seasons. Dawes was born at

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in Scotland in 1859. Professionally he worked as a coach builder.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 41. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He first played for an Otago side in January 1881, playing in a team of 22 against the touring Australians at the Caledonian Ground in

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. He made his provincial first-class debut four seasons later, playing against

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at Lancaster Park in December 1884. He played in other matches against Southland in 1894 and 1896 and made his other first-class appearance for the side against a Fiji side in February 1895.Alexander Dawes
CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2023. Dawes died at Dunedin in 1939. He was aged 79.Obituary, '' Evening Star'', issue 23201, 25 February 1939, p. 15.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 June 2023.)

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