Tony Pawson (cricketer) Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

He was regarded as one of the world’s leading fly fishermen and was individual World Fly Fishing Champion in 1984. He also won world titles as part of the England national team. In June 1988 he was awarded the OBE for “services to angling”. He died on 12 October 2012, aged 91.

Pawson was a good all-round sportsman and also played association football to a high level. He won a Blue for Oxford University and played two league matches for Charlton Athletic, scoring on his debut versus Tottenham Hotspur in December 1951. He was a member of the Pegasus A.F.C. team that won the FA Amateur Cup in 1951 and a member of the Great Britain football squad for the 1952 Summer Olympic Games although he did not feature in any of the team’s matches. He became cricket correspondent of The Observer and chaired the Cricket Writers’ Club, 1980/81.

Pawson played a total of 69 first-class cricket matches for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club. He batted right-handed, scoring 3,807 runs (including seven centuries) at an average of 37.32. He captained Oxford in 1948 when they defeated Cambridge University by an innings.

Henry Anthony Pawson OBE (22 August 1921 – 12 October 2012) was an English sportsman who played cricket and association football and was a leading fly fisherman. He worked as a cricket writer and journalist. He was the son of Guy Pawson, and father of scientist Anthony Pawson.