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Full Name
Albert John Watkins
Born
April 21, 1922, Usk, Monmouthshire
Died
August 03, 2011, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, (aged 89y 104d)
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Medium fast
Other
Coach
Allan Watkins was a key member of Glamorgan's first Championship-winning side, in 1948, and in the same summer he became their first player to appear in an Ashes Test - it was a torrid baptism as he made 0 and 7, was badly hurt when hit on the shoulder by Ray Lindwall and only able to bowl four overs. He was a genuine allrounder at county level, a defensive middle-order batsman and a medium-fast swing bowler. However, in his Test career the popular Watkins delivered only as a batsman, even though he opened the bowling on his debut. Thirteen of his 15 caps came against India and South Africa, and both his centuries came overseas against them: 111 at Johannesburg in 1948-49, and 137 not out at Delhi three years later. Watkins was a serious asthma sufferer, and doctors eventually advised him to give up first-class cricket midway through the 1962 season. He went on to coach schools, most notably Framlingham and Oundle. Watkins also played football for Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City.
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Recent Matches of Allan Watkins
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
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Glamorgan vs Indians | 0 & 61 | -- | 16-May-1959 | Cardiff | FC |
Glamorgan vs Sth Africans | 8 & 23 | 2/41 & 4/73 | 30-Jul-1955 | Swansea | FC |
Glamorgan vs Sth Africans | 37 & 20 | 2/17 | 28-May-1955 | Cardiff | FC |
M.C.C. vs Yorkshire | 27 & 19 | 1/66 | 30-Apr-1955 | Lord's | FC |
Glamorgan vs Pakistanis | 4 | 0/27 | 31-Jul-1954 | Swansea | FC |
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