Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1913)
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| Full name | Thomas Mead Watson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 1913 Lewisham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 1994 (aged 81) Bath, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1935 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Mead Watson (22 May 1913 – 7 August 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Watson was born at Lewisham in May 1913. He was educated at Monkton Combe School,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing against a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1933, Gloucestershire in 1934 and Yorkshire in 1935.[3] He scored 92 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 27.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Monkton Combe where he taught French. He served in the Somerset Light Infantry of the British Army during the Second World War before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in March 1941.[5] His service number was 176040. He was later commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club to write Le Jeu de Cricket, a guide to cricket in French.[1] Watson died in Bath in August 1994.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1994". ESPNcricinfo. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Player profile: Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 35103". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 March 1941. p. 1496.
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[edit]- 1913 births
- 1994 deaths
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- People educated at Monkton Combe School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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- Schoolteachers from Somerset
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