Gary Watts

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Gary Watts
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Born (1958-10-22) 22 October 1958 (age 61)
Dunolly, Victoria, Australia
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1977-1991 Victoria
Source: Cricinfo, 6 December 2015

Gary Watts (born 22 October 1958) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 67 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1977 and 1991. [1]

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Watts played twenty-six seasons of district/premier cricket for Fitzroy/Fitzroy-Doncaster between 1975/76 and 2000/01, and scored a career total of 12,933 runs at 42.26. [2] At the end of his career, he was the highest run-scorer in premier cricket history, having surpassed the record held by John Scholes; as of 2016, he sits second behind Warren Ayres. [3]

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References

  1. "Gary Watts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. "VCA 1st XI Career records 1889-90 to 2014-15, S-Z" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. Paul Amy (5 March 2014). "Melbourne coach moves to seventh on all-time Premier/District aggregate". Melbourne Leader. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 27 February 2016.