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Thomas Douglas Watt (21 December 1891 — 13 June 1949) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and cricket administrator.

Watt was born at Edinburgh in December 1891. He was educated at George Watson's College. A club cricketer for Watsonians, he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Dublin in 1912, with Watt making a further appearance against Ireland prior to the First World War. Following the war, he made a further nine first-class appearances, the last of which came in 1924. Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 21 wickets at an average of 39.09, with best figures of 3 for 47. As a lower middle order batsman, he scored 149 runs in his eleven matches at an average of 10.64, with a highest score of 23. Watt later served as honorary secretary of the Scottish Cricket Union from 1925 to 1947. A solicitor by profession, he died suddenly at Edinburgh in June 1949.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Watt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Thomas Watt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Thomas Watt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
4. Scottish District News. The Scotsman. 14 June 1949. p. 3
5. Deaths. The Scotsman. 15 June 1949. p. 10

External links

• Thomas Watt at ESPNcricinfo

• 1891 births
• 1949 deaths
• Cricketers from Edinburgh
• People educated at George Watson's College
• Scottish solicitors
• Scottish cricketers
• Scottish cricket administrators