Alexander Watson

Who is Alexander Watson?

Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson 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.