 He appeared in other MCC and North v South matches in 1949 and 1950.And in 1951 he was picked for an England XI against a Commonwealth XI in another end-of-season cricket festival, when he was also chosen for a Gentlemen v Players match at Scarborough.But no call came from the England selectors, and Dawkes' only taste of representative cricket was as a member of the Commonwealth XI cricket team that visited India and Pakistan in the 1949–50 season, playing five matches against a full Indian cricket team that were termed "unofficial Tests".