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Greg Watson
Cricket information
BattingRight handed batsman
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 45 8
Runs scored 552 19
Batting average 12.83 4.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 38 7
Balls bowled 7,762 465
Wickets 102 21
Bowling average 37.56 11.38
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 N/A
Best bowling 6-45 5-22
Catches/stumpings 12/0 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 4 December 2012

Gregory George Watson (born 29 January 1955) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played domestically for New South Wales and Western Australia, as well as for Worcestershire in English county cricket.

Biography

Born in Gulgong, New South Wales,[1] Watson made his first-class debut for New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval against South Australia in the 1977-78 Sheffield Shield. He took four wickets, his maiden victim being opposing captain Ashley Woodcock, but did not bat in either innings. He played a further six games in the Shield, capturing another 13 wickets, and made a single List A appearance in the Gillette Cup, taking 1-25 from 8 eight-ball overs.

In 1978, Watson came to England to play county cricket for Worcestershire. He had a reasonably successful season, taking 48 first-class wickets at just under 32 in 21 games, including a career-best 6-45 against Sussex in early August. He also made his highest score with the bat: 38 against Somerset. In one-day cricket he had great success, claiming 19 wickets at a mere 9.52 apiece, including 5-22 (again a career best) against Combined Universities in the Benson & Hedges Cup, a performance which won him the man-of-the-match award.

The defection of many of the senior Australian players to join World Series Cricket in 1977 led to speculation that Watson would be a contender for the Australian team in the 1978/79 Ashes series against England.[2] However, after impressive early performances, Watson had a disappointing season in 1978/79, taking only 13 first-class wickets for New South Wales at average just under 50. He returned for another season with Worcestershire in 1979, but played only nine times in first-class cricket (taking 22 wickets at 37.50) and not at all in the one-day format; from mid-July onwards he had to satisfy himself with a diet consisting entirely of Second XI games.

Watson was to play only one more match: a single outing in the 1979-80 Sheffield Shield for Western Australia against Queensland at Perth. The game was drawn, but Watson himself had a rather poor match: he conceded 135 runs from 30 six-ball overs and had only the second-innings wickets of Ray Phillips and Alec Parker to show for it. Watson never played first-class again but continued to play league cricket semi professionally with Billingham , Crewe, Stourbridge and Smethwick.

After his cricket career ended, he worked as a metallurgist and systems analyst.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricinfo gives Mudgee as Watson's place of birth. CricketArchive, however, gives it as Gulgong, about 26km from Mudgee.
  2. ^ McGilray, A. (1978) "Alan McGilvray's Australian selections", England Tour of Australia 1978-79, ABC Cricket Book, Sydney.
  3. ^ Cricketer, April 1980. p. 23.
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