Lives in Cricket No 39 - Alec Watson

Contents Introduction 5 Chapter One Early Life 8 Chapter Two First-Class Cricketer 25 Chapter Three The Rowley Years 27 Chapter Four The Anni Mirabiles 40 Chapter Five Slow Decline and Sudden End 54 Chapter Six Selected Statistics 63 Chapter Seven Chucker? 70 Chapter Eight Beyond First-Class Cricket 83 Acknowledgements 94 Bibliography 95 Index 96 3