George Albert Watson (died 9 February 1948) was a
cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired two
Test matches, making his debut in the match between
Australia
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and
South Africa
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, played at
Adelaide
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on 7 January to 13 January 1911. This resulted in the first win by South Africa over Australia, in spite of
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found ...
scoring 214 not out.
Watson's other match was between Australia and
England
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, played at
Adelaide
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on 12 January to 17 January 1912, won by England. In both matches Watson's colleague was
Bob Crockett
Robert Maxwell Crockett (1863 in Hepburn, Victoria – 11 December 1935, at Footscray, Victoria), was an Australian Test Cricket Umpires, Australian Test match umpire.
Crockett umpired a total of 32 Test cricket, Test matches, the highest n ...
.
See also
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Australian Test Cricket Umpires
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List of Test umpires
References
External links
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Australian Test cricket umpires
1948 deaths
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
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