Lives in Cricket No 39 - Alec Watson

94 Acknowledgements My sincerest thanks are extended to three members of the ACS for their help to me in the writing of this book: David Jeater, who was editor of the Lives in Cricket series when the main part of this book was written; Roger Moulton, who took over from him, and saw the work through to publication; and Rev Malcolm Lorimer, librarian at Old Trafford, who provided me with much important information. I should also like to extend warm thanks to Jenny Moulton for taking on the onerous task of compiling the index and Kit Bartlett and John Ward for their proofreading. I am also grateful to Roger Mann for help with the illustrations and all those at City Press involved in typesetting and printing. I should also like to extend my gratitude to the invariably courteous and helpful staff at the following: North Lanarkshire Local Studies Library, Airdrie North Lanarkshire Archives, Cumbernauld Mitchell Library, Glasgow Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast Belfast and Irish Library, Belfast Centre for Migrant Irish Studies, Omagh Manchester Central Library