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Les Watt was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Otago from 1947 to 1954. He made his first-class debut in 1947 against Canterbury and went on to play a total of 28 matches, scoring 1,093 runs at an average of 24.90. He also took 33 wickets at an average of 33.45. Watt was a member of the New Zealand team that toured England in 1949, playing in two Tests. He scored a total of 39 runs in the two matches, with a highest score of 24. He also took three wickets in the series. Watt retired from cricket in 1954 and went on to become a successful businessman. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1977 for services to the community. He died in Dunedin in 2011, aged 86.

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 17 September 1924
Birthday 17 September
Birthplace Waitati, Otago, New Zealand
Date of death (1996-11-15)Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died Place Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1955

He retired after the 1955-56 season, then returned to play in 1962-63, but Otago lost all five of its matches, and Watt made only 135 runs at 13.50, and did not play again.

1954

In 1954-55, batting at number six for Otago, Watt came third in the Plunket Shield averages with 237 runs at 47.40, and made 37 not out in a trial match for South Island against North Island. He was selected for the First Test at Dunedin, making his Test debut with Noel McGregor and Ian Colquhoun. Batting at number six, he was bowled twice, for 0 and 2. He was replaced in the Second Test team by Matt Poore.

1950

Watt's highest first-class score was 96 against Auckland in 1950-51, when he and Sutcliffe (who made 275) batted throughout the first day to put on 373 for the first wicket. Later that season the pair put on 178 for the first wicket (Watt making 65) against Central Districts. Otago won the Plunket Shield, Sutcliffe scoring 610 runs and Watt 326 (at an average of 46.57, including a score of 94 against Wellington) in the four matches. It was his most productive season. He was twelfth man in New Zealand's two Tests against England at the end of the season.

1942

In first-class cricket Watt played 48 matches between 1942-43 and 1962-63, making just over 2,000 runs at a batting average of 23.30. He often opened the batting for Otago with Bert Sutcliffe, whose first-class average was more than twice as high.

1924

Leslie Watt (17 September 1924 – 15 November 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand, against England in March 1955.

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