Eddie Watts, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Eddie Watts

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1912

Date of Death: 03-May-1982

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edward Alfred 'Eddie' Watts (1 August 1912 – 3 May 1982) was an English cricketer.
He was born in Peckham, London. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a useful right-handed batsman, he played for Surrey from 1933 to 1949.
Despite losing some of what might have been his best years to World War II, he took 729 first-class wickets at 26.06, with best innings figures of 10/67 in the second innings against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1939.
He scored 6158 runs at 21.38, including two centuries.
His highest score of 123 was made against a powerful Yorkshire attack at Bradford in 1934.
The innings included four 6s and fourteen 4s and took under two hours, as did his only other century. He was the brother-in-law of Alf Gover, with whom he often opened the Surrey bowling.
After his cricket career, he ran a sports shop.
He died in Cheam, Surrey at age 69.