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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|English cricketer and headmaster}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Garth Watson<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|2|27|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| batting = Left-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]<br />
| year1 = 1965–1968<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]<br />
| year2 = 1973–1979<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 42<br />
| runs1 = 666<br />
| bat avg1 = 13.05<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 65[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 5,160<br />
| wickets1 = 68<br />
| bowl avg1 = 39.82<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/44<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 14/–<br />
| column2 = [[List-A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches2 = 1<br />
| runs2 = 2<br />
| bat avg2 = 2.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 2<br />
| deliveries2 = 72<br />
| wickets2 = 3<br />
| bowl avg2 = 13.00<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = –<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/39<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–<br />
| date = 17 March<br />
| year = 2010<br />
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22769.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson''' (born 27 February 1945) is an English former [[cricketer]] who became a school headmaster. He was a right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] bowler and left-handed lower-order [[Batsman (cricket)|batsman]].<br />
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Watson was born in India and educated at [[St Lawrence College, Ramsgate]], and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]].<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1967, p. 338.</ref> He made his [[First-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] in 1965 and made in total 41 first-class appearances for the university, his final match coming in [[The University Match (cricket)|the 1968 University Match]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]. He won cricket [[Blue (university sport)|Blues]] in 1965, 1966, and 1968.<ref name=FC/><br />
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Watson took 68 wickets for the university at a [[bowling average]] of 39.38, with best figures of 5 for 44 against Cambridge University in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University 1965 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1965/ENG_LOCAL/UNIV/OX-UNIV_CAMB-UNIV_UNIV_07-09JUL1965.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> He scored 666 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 13.05, with a top score of 65[[not out|*]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in 1966. He took 14 [[Catch (cricket)|catches]]. He also played a first-class match for [[British Universities cricket team|Oxford and Cambridge Universities]] against the touring [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]] in 1968.<ref name=FC>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Garth Watson |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33657/First-Class_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref><br />
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In 1973 Watson played his only [[List-A cricket|List-A match]], for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] against [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]] in the 1973 [[Gillette Cup (England)|Gillette Cup]]. He took 3 wickets for 39 runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staffordshire v Dorset 1973 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1973/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/STAFFS_DORSET_GLTE_30JUN1973.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> During the same season he made his [[Minor Counties Championship]] debut for Dorset against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]]. From 1973 to 1979 he played 22 Minor Counties matches for Dorset.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Garth Watson |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33657/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> He played club cricket for the Dorset Rangers from the 1970s to the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Garth Watson |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33657/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref><br />
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Watson was [[Head teacher|head]] of [[Dumpton School]] in [[Wimborne, Dorset]], from 1976 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Headmaster's Letter 14th June 2024 |url=https://www.dumpton.com/news-article/headmasters-letter-14th-june-2024 |website=Dumpton School |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricketarchive|id=33657}}<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=22769}}<br />
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[[Category:1945 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Cricketers from Lucknow]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Dorset cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Heads of schools in England]]</div>LaverneHenry