John Watson (Somerset cricketer)

John Watson

Personal information
Full name	John Russell Watson
Born	(1910-08-22)22 August 1910 Caundle Purse, Dorset, England
Died	7 March 1980(1980-03-07) (aged 69) Yeovil, Somerset, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933–36	Somerset
First-class debut	17 May 1933 Somerset v Derbyshire
Last First-class	20 July 1936 Somerset v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 19 Runs scored 375 Batting average 12.09 100s/50s –/1 Top score 56 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 September 2010

John Russell Watson (22 August 1910 – 7 March 1980) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1933 and 1936. He was born at Caundle Purse, Sherborne, Dorset and died at Yeovil, Somerset.

Watson was a right-handed batsman used mainly by Somerset in the lower order. In his first match, against Derbyshire at Ilkeston in May 1933, he came in for his second innings with the Somerset score on 63 for six wickets, Somerset and Derbyshire having been dismissed for 87 and 81 all out respectively in their first innings. Watson hit 56 and shared an eighth wicket partnership of 92 with Michael Bennett, though Derbyshire then won the match easily.

Watson played seven further games for Somerset that season, but his highest score in these matches was only 33, and a few matches in each of the 1934, 1935 and 1936 seasons were no more successful.

After the Second World War, he played in a few Minor Counties matches for Dorset.