Albert Guy Pawson (30 May 1888 – 25 February 1986) was a British colonial administrator who incidentally happened to play a few

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games while at university. He was educated at

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and

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, and most of his matches were for the Oxford University cricket side, but he did make one appearance in

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, playing for

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against Oxford in 1908. He also had one game for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team. He made his first-class debut for Oxford against the Gentlemen of England at

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in May 1908. Pawson played a number of times for Oxford during the following three seasons. His final appearance was in the

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against

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in July 1911. Two of his relatives played first-class cricket: his son

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played 69 first-class matches, being

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in 1946 as well as appearing for Oxford and the Gentlemen, while his brother

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played a handful of games for Oxford in 1903. Pawson joined the

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Civil Service in 1911 and was Governor of White Nile Province between 1927 and 1931 and of Upper Nile Province from 1931 until 1934. He was Secretary of the International Rubber Regulation Committee between 1934 and 1942, worked at the

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from 1942 to 1944, then was Secretary of the International Rubber Study Group from 1944 to 1948 and its Secretary-General 1948–60. He was awarded the 4th class of the

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in 1924 and appointed CMG in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pawson, Albert English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British colonial governors and administrators in Africa 1888 births 1986 deaths Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Wicket-keepers People from Bramley, Leeds 20th-century English sportsmen