Hubert Digby Watson CIE CBE (31 December 1869 – 9 October 1947) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial administrator.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hubert Digby Watson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1869 Harrow, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 1947(1947-10-09) (aged 77) Inkpen, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm underarm slow | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arthur Watson (brother) Reginald Digby (uncle) Kenelm Digby (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1891–1892 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Arthur George Watson, he was born at Harrow in December 1869. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made ten appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1891–92.[2] He scored 248 runs in his ten matches, at an average of 13.05 and with a high score of 40.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Watson joined the Indian Civil Service in December 1893, where he was posted to the Punjab as an assistant commissioner. He was a political officer at Wanna in 1898, before being transferred to the North-West Frontier Province in 1901, with Watson serving there as a deputy commissioner by 1904.[4] He was made a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[5] Watson later served as a treasurer for Save the Children and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1932 New Year Honours.[6] Watson died in October 1947 at Inkpen, Berkshire.[7] His brother, Arthur, and uncles, Reginald and Kenelm, all played first-class cricket.