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Full name Albert John Watkins
Born April 21, 1922, Usk, Monmouthshire
Current age 86 years 121 days
Major teams England,Glamorgan
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
24
4
810
137*
40.50
2
4
0
17
0
First-class
484
753
87
20361
170*
30.57
32
108
464
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
20
1364
554
11
3/20
3/57
50.36
2.43
124.0
0
0
0
First-class
484
51469
20394
833
7/28
24.48
2.37
61.7
25
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 14-18, 1948 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at Manchester, Jul 17-19, 1952 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1939 - 1963
Profile
Allan Watkins was a key member of Glamorgan's first Championship-winning side, in 1948, and in the same summer he became their first player to appear in an Ashes Test - it was a torrid baptism as he made 0 and 7, was badly hurt when hit on the shoulder by Ray Lindwall and only able to bowl four overs. He was a genuine allrounder at county level, a defensive middle-order batsman and a medium-fast swing bowler. However, in his Test career the popular Watkins delivered only as a batsman, even though he opened the bowling on his debut. Thirteen of his 15 caps came against India and South Africa, and both his centuries came overseas against them: 111 at Johannesburg in 1948-49, and 137 not out at Delhi three years later. Watkins was a serious asthma sufferer, and doctors eventually advised him to give up first-class cricket midway through the 1962 season. He went on to coach schools, most notably Framlingham and Oundle. Watkins also played football for Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City.
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