Full Name

William James Watson

Born

January 31, 1931, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales

Died

December 29, 2018, New South Wales, (aged 87y 332d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

A right-hand opener, Bill Watson scored a hundred in his second first-class match against MCC at Sydney in 1954-55. He won selection for the final Test of that series, also at the SCG, making 18 and 3, and that earned him a place on the tour of West Indies which followed. He played a further three Tests in the Caribbean without any success, although he made some good scores in first-class matches.
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Bill Watson Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests4711063017.6600020
FC41665195820632.0965-260

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests41650---5.00-000
FC41-46400---5.21-000
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Debut/Last Matches of Bill Watson

Recent Matches of Bill Watson

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
NSW vs West Aust41*10-Feb-1961PerthFC
NSW vs South Aust4027-Jan-1961SydneyFC
NSW vs Victoria3330-Dec-1960SydneyFC
NSW vs Queensland320-Nov-1959BrisbaneFC
NSW vs South Aust8 & 1420-Feb-1959AdelaideFC