Personal information | |
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Full name | Gary Maxwell Watts |
Born | Dunolly, Victoria, Australia | 22 October 1958
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1977-1991 | Victoria |
Source:Cricinfo,6 December 2015 |
Gary Maxwell Watts (born 22 October 1958) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 67 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1977 and 1991. [1]
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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