Full Name

John Cecil Watkins

Born

April 10, 1923, Durban, Natal

Died

September 03, 2021, Durban, (aged 98y 146d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

John Watkins was a genuine allrounder - right-hand batsman who approached ever innings as if anything other than attacking strokeplay would have been an anathema, a decent, tight medium-pace bowler and an excellent slip fielder. He emerged immediately after the war and made his Test debut in 1949-50 at home to South Africa but the highpoint of his 15-Test career came in Australia in 1952-53 when he scored 679 runs at 28.29 and took 31 wickets at 27.74 on the tour, of which 408 runs and 16 wickets came in the Tests. In the final Test at the MCG he made 92 (his Test best) and 50.
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John Watkins Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests152716129223.53031120
FC60947215816924.8028-540

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests15272805816294/226/8828.131.7496.7300
FC60-90732738965/37-28.521.8194.5-10
John Cecil Watkins

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Debut/Last Matches of John Watkins

Recent Matches of John Watkins

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Africa vs England7* & 00/4601-Jan-1957Cape TownTest # 435
South Africa vs England9 & 80/23 & 0/1024-Dec-1956JohannesburgTest # 434
South Africa vs New Zealand13 & 454/34 & 1/2105-Feb-1954GqeberhaTest # 382
South Africa vs New Zealand60/17 & 2/1329-Jan-1954JohannesburgTest # 381
South Africa vs New Zealand291/28 & 2/1611-Dec-1953DurbanTest # 377

Photos of John Watkins

The former South African allrounder John Watkins
The hands of a slip catcher: former South African allrounder John Watkins