John Watson (cricketer)
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John Watson was an Australia
n cricket
er who played for Tasmania. He was born in Sorell
and died in Scottsdale
.
Watson made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Victoria. From the opening order, he scored a duck in each innings in which he batted.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Tasmania. He was born in Sorell
Sorell, Tasmania
Sorell is a town in Tasmania, Australia, north-east of Hobart. It is on the Tasman Highway which continues up the east coast of Tasmania. At the 2006 census, Sorell had a population of 1,546....
and died in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Tasmania
Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....
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Watson made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Victoria. From the opening order, he scored a duck in each innings in which he batted.
External links
- John Watson at Cricket Archive