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Allan Watkins, was one of Glamorgans greatest cricketers

Allan Watkins, was one of Glamorgans greatest cricketers. He played in 15 Test matches and twice accomplished the " double" of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets in a season. *THERE was a special poignancy to the former Glamorgan players day at the Swalec Stadium yesterday when news emerged of Allan Watkins death at 89. Some of the old players present shared the same dressing room as Watkins, who guaranteed his place in Glamorgan folklore by becoming the first player from the county to score a Test hundred and the first to appear in an Ashes Test. Simple statistics show the scale of Watkins ability as a genuine all-rounder in the immediate post-war era. In a 23-year Glamorgan career containing 407 appearances, Watkins scored 17, 419 runs his tally of 29 first-class hundreds placing him seventh in the clubs all-time list and took 774 wickets. 7th, June, 1954

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1954

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