Bertram Watkins
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| Full name | Bertram Thomas Lewis Watkins | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1902 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 December 1982 (aged 80) Badminton, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1932–1938 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Bertram Thomas Lewis Watkins (25 June 1902 – 22 December 1982) was an English cricketer. He played 30 matches of first-class cricket for Gloucestershire as a wicket-keeper between 1932 and 1938.[1]
Watkins made his first-class debut in 1932 against Glamorgan.[2] He was one of five wicket-keepers used by Gloucestershire over the course of the season in the absence of regular keeper Harry Smith.[3] Watkins trial of eight appearances accrued him 11 dismissals (seven catches and four stumpings) and 27 runs at an average of 3.[4]
Watkins returned to first-class cricket in 1937 when called upon by Gloucestershire after keeper Vic Hopkins broke a finger.[5] When Hopkins returned to the team it was as a batsman and Watkins retained the gloves for the rest of the season, in 21 matches he took 41 dismissals and scored 161 runs at 6.70.[4] He did sufficiently well to get capped and secured terms for the following season.[6][7] However he featured just once in 1938, making his final first-class appearance against Leicestershire,[2] as Andy Wilson emerged as the long-term successor to Harry Smith.[8]
During the 1930s, Watkins acted as groundsman as well as playing for Gloucester City CC. Following the Second World War he was employed by the Duke of Beaufort as groundsman of the cricket ground at Badminton House.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bertram Watkins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Bertram Watkins (30)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Gloucestershire". The Cricketer - The Annual 1932-33. p. 31. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via CricketArchive.
- ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Bertram Watkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Obituaries in 1983". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1984. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Bertram Watkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Gloucestershire". The Cricketer - The Annual 1937-38. p. 21. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via CricketArchive.
- ^ a b "Obituaries". The Cricketer. Vol. 64, no. 5. May 1983. p. 53. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via CricketArchive.
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