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Willie
Watson |
Sunderland AFC
4 appearances, 0 goals
P 4 W 3 D
1 L 0 F 17: A 4
88% successful
1947-52
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Willie Watson
He
is a Willie, not a William, birth registration confirms so. |
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Birth |
7 March 1920 in Bolton-upon-Dearne,
West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Doncaster, March 1920]. |
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Cannot be found on the 1939
register, presumably still closed. |
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Marriage |
to Barbara
Smith
[registered in Huddersfield, September 1944]. Two children |
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According to passenger lists,
Willie was stated as being a professional cricketer on his way to
Kingston, Jamaica, on board the SS Matina, leaving Liverpool on 7 February
1957. His address is stated as 178 Laund Road, in Salendine Nook,
Huddersfield.
Eighteen-months later, 20 September 1958, he was on the
P&O Iberia bound for Sydney, same profession, same address. |
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Death |
24 April 2004
in Johannesburg, South Africa, aged
84 years 48 days
[not registered in UK]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Willie Watson:
Last of the Double Internationals - Mike Vockins
(SportsBooks, 12 May 2011) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
4lbs [1950]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three
who became the 690th players (691) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No. 251, 16 November
1949,
England 9
Ireland
2, a World Cup
qualification and British Championship match at Maine
Road, Moss Side, Manchester, aged 29 years
254 days. |
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Last match |
No. 261, 22 November 1950,
England 2 Yugoslavia 2, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury,
London, aged 30 years 260 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1950; British Championship 1949-50, 1950-51; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1949-50; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(three appearances, 1950), Wisden
Cricketer of the Year 1954 |
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Distinctions |
Also an England
Test Cricketer (23 Tests, 1951-59), then Test selector
(1962-65).
Died five days after George Hardwick |
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Beyond England |
x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.
Appointed as a sports
manager of The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg in 1968, and remained in the
country until his death. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
 |
captain |
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8 |
4 |
2 |
three |
360 |
0 |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
4 |
+13 |
0 |
1 |
4.25 |
1.00 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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all his matches were played at a home venue, and played in a white
shirt |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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The 1949-50
records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total. |
| Friendly |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP/BC 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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World Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1950 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
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WCF
All |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
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British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC/WCP 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1950-51 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
The 1949-50
records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Match
History
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Club:
Sunderland A.F.C. - four full appearances (360 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - four full appearances (360 min)x |
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