Richard Watson (cricketer)
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Richard Martin Watson was an English cricket
er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire
in 1947.
Watson was born at Bakewell
, Derbyshire
. He was educated at Denstone College
where he was in the cricket team from 1936 to 1939. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1947 season
against Worcestershire
in May when he was not out for 12 and took two catches. He played five more first class games that season and also played in the Derbyshire second XI in 1947 and 1948. His best score of 25 not out was against the South Africans.
Watson was a left-hand batsman who played eleven innings in six first class matches with an average of 8.50 and a top score of 25 not out. He was a leg-break bowler, but did not bowl in a first class game.
Watson died at Penrhosgarnedd, Caernarvon, Wales at the age of 65.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1947.
Watson was born at Bakewell
Bakewell
Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from 'Beadeca's Well'. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park, and is well known for the local confection Bakewell Pudding...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
. He was educated at Denstone College
Denstone College
Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone,Staffordshire, England and a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is also a Woodard school and as such has a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition. It has continued to show impressive academic...
where he was in the cricket team from 1936 to 1939. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1947 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.-1947...
against Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
in May when he was not out for 12 and took two catches. He played five more first class games that season and also played in the Derbyshire second XI in 1947 and 1948. His best score of 25 not out was against the South Africans.
Watson was a left-hand batsman who played eleven innings in six first class matches with an average of 8.50 and a top score of 25 not out. He was a leg-break bowler, but did not bowl in a first class game.
Watson died at Penrhosgarnedd, Caernarvon, Wales at the age of 65.