Career
Watson was a fast bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He also scored 200 runs at an average of 33.33, with his highest score of 83 against Eastern Province when, batting at number 10, he added 166 for ninth wicket with Robbie Muzzell. Against Eastern Province he took 5 for 41, all of his victims caught behind by Lee Irvine.
He was selected in the 14-man South African team to tour England in 1970, but the tour was cancelled owing to anti-apartheid protests.
He played less regularly in the 1970s, but took his best figures, 5 for 36, for Transvaal B against Border in 1975-1976.
