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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = Harold Boyes Watson
| birth_date = 23 September 1893
| birth_place = [[St Margarets, London|St Margarets]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1972|3|19|1893|9|23}}
| death_place = [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Essex]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = 1919
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 2
| bat avg1 = 2.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 2
| deliveries1 = 48
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 17.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/35
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 19 April
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22778.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Harold Boyes Watson''' {{postnominals|MC}} (23 October 1893 – 19 March 1972) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

Watson was born in October 1893 at [[St Margarets, London|St Margarets, Middlesex]]. He served in the [[First World War]], being commissioned into the [[British Army]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] with the [[West Yorkshire Regiment]] in August 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28881|date=28 August 1914|page=6808}}</ref> He was second with the [[5th_Battalion,_York_and_Lancaster_Regiment#26th_Provisional_Battalion|26th Provisional Battalion]] in August 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29263|date=13 August 1915|page=8120|supp=y}}</ref> and upon its disbandment prior to the [[Military Service Act 1916]], he became liable for overseas service.<ref>Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in November 1916, precedence from July 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29889|date=2 January 1917|page=188|supp=y}}</ref> In May 1917, he was seconded for duty with the [[British Indian Army]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30090|date=22 May 1917|page=5081|supp=y}}</ref> where he served with [[3rd Skinner's Horse]]. He saw action in [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] [[Operations against the Marri and Khetran tribes|against the Marri and Khetran tribes]] in 1918. During a [[Marri (tribe)|Marri]] attack on [[Gumbaz Fort]] on 19 December 1918, Watson was one of two officer's charged with the defence of the fort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/478822.html |title=Fighting the Marris and the Khetrans |publisher=www.kaiserscross.com |accessdate=2020-04-20}}</ref> For his actions in the successful defence, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31245|date=21 March 1919|page=3839|supp=y}}</ref> In March 1919, he was made a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31251|date=25 March 1919|page=3893|supp=y}}</ref>

He returned to England in 1919 to study at [[Trinity College, Oxford]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Oxford University Calendar |date=1920 |publisher=J.H. Parker, and H. Slatter |pages=303 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGY4AAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] against [[Australian Imperial Force Touring XI|Australian Imperial Forces]] at [[University_Parks#Cricket_ground|Oxford]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33666/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Harold Watson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-04-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he scored 2 runs in the Oxford first innings before he was dismissed by [[Charlie Kelleway]], while with the ball he took the wickets of Kelleway and [[Bert Oldfield]] in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Forces]] first innings, conceding 35 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9540.html |title=Oxford University v Australian Imperial Forces, 1919 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-04-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He relinquished his commission in the West Yorkshire Regiment in September 1921, retaining the rank of captain.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32545|date=9 December 1921|page=10090|supp=y}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, Watson worked as an assistant education officer in [[Birmingham]], before being appointed director of education for [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] in May 1931.<ref>Educational Post Coinidence. ''[[Birmingham Daily Gazette]]''. 7 May 1931. p. 5</ref> Watson died in March 1972 at [[Thorpe Bay|Thorpe Bay, Essex]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=22778}}

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[[Category:1893 births]]
[[Category:1972 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Twickenham]]
[[Category:West Yorkshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]

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