Alec Watson (cricketer)

Alec Watson

Alec Watson (second left) with: (l-r) Dick Pilling, A. N. Hornby and Dick Barlow
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Watson
Born	(1844-11-04)4 November 1844 Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	26 October 1920(1920-10-26) (aged 75) Manchester, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow Right-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 303 Runs scored 4,492 Batting average 12.58 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 74 Balls bowled 65,887 Wickets 1,384 Bowling average 13.31 5 wickets in innings 106 10 wickets in match 27 Best bowling 9/118 Catches/stumpings 276/1
Source: CricketArchive, 9 May 2022

Alexander Watson (4 November 1844 – 26 October 1920) was a Scottish first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He was one Lancashire's first long-serving professionals, and in his prime formed part of a strong bowling attack with A. G. Steel, Dick Barlow and John Crossland that lifted Lancashire to success in the 1881 and 1882 seasons when they won 22 and lost only one of 29 inter-county matches.^[1]