Alex Watson (rugby league)
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Born | 10 October 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 June 2002 | (aged 70)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Three-quarter back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Watson (10 October 1931 – 5 June 2002) was an Australian professional
Watson first represented Queensland in 1951 in a match against New South Wales. He made his test debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 12 June 1954 against Great Britain in the first test of that year's Ashes series. Australia won this test 37–12.
In 1953 Watson toured New Zealand with the Australian team.[1]
In the 1954
In 1956 New Zealand toured Australia and in the last test match played at the Gabba, Watson scored the decisive try, a forty-metre effort that gave Australia their first series victory at home against the Kiwis since 1909.[3] In that year's premiership semi-final Watson was suspended for two weeks for using abusive language and refusing to leave the field when ordered to by the referee.[4]
Watson played his last match for Australia during the
References
- ^ "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Australia: Queensland Rugby League. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Reardon, Jack (12 September 1954). "1954 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final". The Sunday-Mail. Australia: rleague.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Fagan, Sean (2009). "Close Encounters of the Kiwi Kind". RL1908.com. Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "HALL AND WATSON SUSPENDED". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "GOLDEN ERAS FOR REPRESENTATIVE SUCCESS 1950-1970s (part 2)". cowboys.com.au. Australia: North Queensland Cowboys. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- Alex Watson at rugbyleagueproject.org