Desmond Dawes appeared in the Glamorgan side which played the Anti-Aircraft Command at Newport in 1944, but he did not bat or bowl in the friendly.
At the time, he was starting his post-graduate medical studies whilst based briefly in South Wales. Educated at St. Cuthbert’s Grammar School in Newcastle and later Durham University, Desmond subsequently became a doctor and a consultant otolaryngologist in the north-east of England.
DAWES, James Desmond Kneipp.
Born – Ryton-on-Tyne, Durham, 28 December 1923.
Died – Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, 13 October 1994.
Batting and Fielding Record:
| M | I | NO | RUNS | AV | 100 | 50 | CT | ST | |
| Wartime | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |