Cawston made his first-class debut for Sussex in a
County Championship match against
Derbyshire in the
1928 English cricket season whilst he was still at school. scoring a
century in the first
innings of the second match before becoming one of six victims for
Eric Cole. In 1936 he played twice for Egypt against Martineau's team, He began playing
Minor counties cricket for
Berkshire in 1937 and played for them until 1946. He played for the
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against
Ireland in Dublin in July 1938 and for the
RAF against
Nottinghamshire in August 1940. He switched counties in 1947, moving to
Suffolk, where he finished out his career in 1950.
Statistics In his 25 first-class matches Cawston scored 668
runs at an
average of 16.70 and took 39
wickets at an
average of 33.46. His top score of 93 and his best innings bowling performance of 7/53 were both made in the same match – for Cambridge University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1932. ==References==