Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1945)

Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson (born 27 February 1945) is a former English cricketer. Watson was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Watson made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire and made in total 41 first-class appearances for the University from 1965 to 1968, with his final first-class match for the University coming in the 1968 University Match against Cambridge University. He won cricket Blues in 1965, 1966 and 1968.

In his 41 matches for the University he scored 666 runs at a batting average of 13.05, with a single half century score of 65* against Essex in 1966. With the ball he took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 39.38, with a single five wicket haul against Cambridge University in 1965. In the field he took 14 catches for the University.

As well as playing first-class matches for Oxford University, Watson also played a single first-class match for Oxford and Cambridge Universities against the touring Australians in 1968.

In 1973 Watson made his debut for Dorset in his only List-A match of his career, against Staffordshire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. In his only List-A match he took 3 wickets for 39 runs, leaving him with a career bowling average in List-A cricket of 13.00.

During the same season Watson made his 1973 Minor Counties Championship debut against Berkshire. From 1973 to 1979 Watson played 22 Minor Counties matches for Dorset, with his final Minor Counties match for the county coming against Devon.

External links

• Alexander Watson at Cricinfo
• Alexander Watson at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for Alexander Watson