Donald Watt (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer and cricketer
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Place of Birth: Southport, Queensland, Australia
About Donald Watt (cricketer)
- Donald Watt (15 March 1920 – 20 May 2007) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Queensland.
- He also represented his state in Australian rules football and rugby union. A middle order batsman and leg spin bowler, Watt made his first appearances in first-class cricket in the 1939/40 Sheffield Shield season.
- In five matches he struggled with the ball and could only take one wicket at an average of 278 but scored two half centuries.
- The competition was then suspended due to the war so Watt never got a chance to improve his Shield record.
- Up until 1945/46, Watt continued to play for Queensland at first-class level and was easily most successful with the ball against New South Wales.
- He never took a wicket against South Australia, despite conceding 200 runs and only took three wickets at 80.33 in matches against Victoria.
- However, when it came to New South Wales he managed 14 wickets at 28.35.Watt, a key forward, played Australian rules football in the Queensland Australian National Football League, during the off-season.
- An interstate player, he had started out at South Brisbane and then in 1941 was appointed captain of Coorparoo, despite being only 21 years of age.
- The following year he was also playing rugby league at the high level, as the full-back for the Eastern Suburbs Tigers.
- He however had more success in rugby union, where his efforts as a lock for Toowoomba got him called up to the Queensland team for an interstate match against rivals New South Wales in 1950, as a reserve forward.
- Throughout the 1950s he continued the play cricket, in the country, and represented a Queensland Country side in matches against India, the West Indies and South Africa.
- In 1954 and 1955 he represented Queensland at rugby, including a fixture against Fiji in the former year.
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