Thomas Mead Watson (22 May 1913 – 7 August 1994) was an English first-class

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er and educator. Watson was born at Lewisham in May 1913. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. 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. He scored 92 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 27. 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

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in March 1941. 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. Watson died in

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in August 1994.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Thomas 1913 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from Lewisham People educated at Monkton Combe School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Schoolteachers from Somerset Somerset Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of World War II English male non-fiction writers 20th-century English male writers Military personnel from Kent Somerset Light Infantry soldiers