Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1913)

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

Thomas Watson

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Mead Watson
Born	22 May 1913 Lewisham, Kent, England
Died	7 August 1994(1994-08-07) (aged 81) Bath, Somerset, England
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933–1935	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 92 Batting average 18.40 100s/50s –/– Top score 27 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2020

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 during the Second World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in March 1941.[5] He was later commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club to write Le Jeu de Cricket, a guide to cricket in French.[1] Watson died at Bath in August 1994.

References

1. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1994". ESPNcrcinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. "Player profile: Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
5. "No. 35103". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 March 1941. p. 1496.

External links

• Thomas Watson at ESPNcricinfo