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Alexander Watson (shipwright)
Alexander Watson may refer to: *Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1920), English cricketer *Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer *Alexander Watson (diplomat) (born 1939), American ambassador and diplomat *Alexander Watson (historian) (born 1979), British historian, writer, and professor *Alexander Watson Hutton (1853–1936), Scottish teacher and sportsman *Alexander Wayne Watson (born 1969), American serial killer See also *Alex Watson (other) {{hndis, Watson, Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Watson (cricketer, Born 1844)
Alexander Watson (4 November 1844 – 26 October 1920) was a Scottish first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He was one Lancashire's first long-serving professionals, and in his prime formed part of a strong bowling attack with A. G. Steel, Dick Barlow and John Crossland that lifted Lancashire to success in the 1881 and 1882 seasons when they won 22 and lost only one of 29 inter-county matches.Wynne-Thomas, Peter; ''The Rigby A–Z of Cricket Records''; p. 54 Career Watson learned his cricket in his native Scotland for the Drumpelier and Edinburgh Clubs as a fast bowler, but attracted no attention until he moved to Rusholme in 1869 where he was discovered by Lancashire as a slow bowler in the contemporary round-arm style; however, Watson had an unusually deceptive flight for his time and could vary his stock off-break with a ball that turned the other way to great effect. Moreover, Watson was an exceptionally accurate bowler and his short stature a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Watson (cricketer, Born 1945)
Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson (born 27 February 1945) is an English former cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki .... He was a left-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Fast bowling, fast-medium. Watson made his First-class cricket, first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire in 1965 and made in total 41 first-class appearances for the university, his final match coming in The University Match (cricket), the 1968 University Match against Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University. He won cricket Blue (university sport), Blues in 1965, 1966, and 1968. He scored 666 runs for the university at a batting average (cricket), batting average of 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |