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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alexander Watson
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|2|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]
| year1 = 1973–1979
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year2 = 1965–1968
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 42
| runs1 = 666
| bat avg1 = 13.05
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 65[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 5,160
| wickets1 = 68
| bowl avg1 = 39.82
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 5/44
| catches/stumpings1 = 14/–
| column2 = [[List-A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 1
| runs2 = 2
| bat avg2 = 2.00
| 100s/50s2 = –/–
| top score2 = 2
| deliveries2 = 72
| wickets2 = 3
| bowl avg2 = 13.00
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 3/39
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| date = 17 March
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22769.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Alexander Garth MacLaren Watson''' (born 27 February 1945) is an English former [[cricketer]]. He was a left-handed [[Batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]].

Watson made his [[First-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] in 1965 and made in total 41 first-class appearances for the University, his final match coming in [[The University Match (cricket)|the 1968 University Match]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]. He won cricket [[Blue (university sport)|Blues]] in 1965, 1966, and 1968.

He scored 666 runs for the University at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 13.05, with a single half century score of 65[[not out|*]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in 1966. With the ball he took 68 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 39.38, with a single [[five wicket haul]] against Cambridge University in 1965. He took 14 [[Catch (cricket)|catches]]. He also played a first-class match for [[British Universities cricket team|Oxford and Cambridge Universities]] against the touring [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]] in 1968.

In 1973 Watson made his debut for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] in his only [[List-A cricket|List-A match]], against [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]] in the 1973 [[Gillette Cup (England)|Gillette Cup]]. He took 3 wickets for 39 runs, leaving him with a bowling average in List-A cricket of 13.00.

During the same season Watson made his [[Minor Counties Championship]] debut against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]]. From 1973 to 1979 he played 22 Minor Counties matches for Dorset, with his final Minor Counties match for the county coming against [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]].

==External links==
*{{cricketarchive|id=33657}}
*{{cricinfo|id=22769}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Alexander}}
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[[Category:Cricketers from Lucknow]]
[[Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford]]
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[[Category:Dorset cricketers]]
[[Category:Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers]]

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