John Pawle

John Pawle

Personal information
Full name	John Hanbury Pawle
Born	(1915-05-18)18 May 1915 Widford, Hertfordshire, England
Died	20 January 2010(2010-01-20) (aged 94) Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935–1947	Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 34 Runs scored 1,544 Batting average 28.07 100s/50s 3/7 Top score 125 Balls bowled 24 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 14/0
Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2013

John Hanbury Pawle (18 May 1915 – 20 January 2010) was an English sportsman, stockbroker and painter.

Pawle was educated at Harrow School, where he played cricket for the school and was captain in 1934, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he won blues in 1936 and 1937 as well as playing for Essex. Later he played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Free Foresters. At Cambridge he also won a blue for tennis in 1936 and half-blues for real tennis in 1935, 1936 and 1937. He then joined the Westminster School of Art as a student of art.

On the outbreak of war in 1939, Pawle joined the Royal Navy and served in destroyers. After the war he became a partner in a firm of stockbrokers in the City of London. He was British amateur racquets champion four years running, 1947–50, and was twice in the world singles final, losing each time to Jim Dear.

After retiring from the City in 1979, Pawle became a full-time artist, holding a number of one-man shows.