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Full name Graeme Donald Watson
Born March 8, 1945, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 63 years 213 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Victoria,Western Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
9
0
97
50
10.77
0
1
0
1
0
ODIs
2
2
1
11
11*
11.00
16
68.75
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
107
162
19
4674
176
32.68
7
25
73
0
List A
17
15
2
300
99
23.07
0
2
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
8
552
254
6
2/67
2/55
42.33
2.76
92.0
0
0
0
ODIs
2
1
48
28
2
2/28
2/28
14.00
3.50
24.0
0
0
0
First-class
107
4709
186
6/61
25.31
8
0
List A
17
744
474
26
5/20
5/20
18.23
3.82
28.6
0
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Dec 31, 1966 - Jan 5, 1967 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 10-16, 1972 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 26, 1972 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1964/65 - 1976/77
List A span
1969/70 - 1972
Profile
Graeme Watson was an all-round sportsman who played AFL for Melbourne as well as representing three states during his cricket careers. A middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler, particularly effective on wet wickets where he could cut the ball markedly. He started with Victoria where he quickly secured a regular place and had such a good first full season with bat and ball that he was taken to South Africa where he played three of his five Tests. He was due to start his national service but as a student he got that deferred. In 1969-70 he toured New Zealand, and in 1971-72 he moved to Western Australia, being a key part in their Shield-winning teams of 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1974-75. In 1971-72 he was picked for two unofficial Tests against a World XI, opening the batting, but in the second he suffered an horrific injury when hit in the face by Tony Greig. His doctors advised him to retire, but six weeks later he was playing again and was rewarded with a place on the 1972 England tour. He started with 176 against Hampshire and won a place for the first Test, making 0 and 2, and was then dropped until the fifth Test. Overall, he had a good tour. In 1975 he moved to Sydney for work - he was a marketing executive - and played a few games for New South Wales. In 1977 he signed for World Series Cricket signalling the end of his first-class career.
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