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| Full name | Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1945 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, British Raj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1979 | Dorset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson (born 27 February 1945) is an English former cricketer who became a school headmaster. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed lower-order batsman.
Watson was born in India and educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1] He made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1965 and made in total 41 first-class appearances for the university, his final match coming in the 1968 University Match against Cambridge University. He won cricket Blues in 1965, 1966, and 1968.[2]
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.[3] He scored 666 runs at a batting average of 13.05, with a top score of 65* against Essex in 1966. He took 14 catches. He also played a first-class match for Oxford and Cambridge Universities against the touring Australians in 1968.[2]
In 1973 Watson played his only List-A match, for Dorset against Staffordshire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. He took 3 wickets for 39 runs.[4] During the same season he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Dorset against Berkshire. From 1973 to 1979 he played 22 Minor Counties matches for Dorset.[5] He played club cricket for the Dorset Rangers from the 1970s to the 1990s.[6]
Watson was head of Dumpton School in Wimborne, Dorset, from 1976 to 2005.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wisden 1967, p. 338.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "First-Class Matches played by Garth Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Cambridge University 1965". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Staffordshire v Dorset 1973". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Garth Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Garth Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Headmaster's Letter 14th June 2024". Dumpton School. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Garth Watson at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Garth Watson at ESPNcricinfo