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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club
Played 1975-76 – 2000-01
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Club honours
Hall of Fame · inducted 2013
1st X1 career 1975-76 to 2000-01 (26 seasons; 322 matches)
Prolific left-hand opening batsman. 25 centuries,
12,933 runs, average 42.26.
Member 1993-94 premiership team and Ryder Medallist in the same season.
1st Class Career: Appeared in 67 matches for Victoria, scoring 3976 runs, average 32.86 with 8 centuries.
Holds these Club records:
Most matches - 322
Most runs – 12,933
Highest score – 260no
Club Legend · inducted 2015
Gary Watts was recruited to Fitzroy while still a schoolboy living in Maryborough in central Victoria, having been spotted while playing Dowling Shield for University in 1972-73. His parents, Max and Norma, used to drive Gary down from Maryborough to play each weekend. Gary was later joined at the Club by younger brothers, Rod and Leigh. All three brothers are now in the Club’s Hall of Fame.
Gary played his first game in Fitzroy’s First XI in 1975-76, aged 17.
Gary represented Victoria in the U19 cricket carnival in 1976-77, and still holds a record of 7 dismissals while substituting as a wicketkeeper. He also represented the Australian U19 team on a Tour of England in 1977.
He quickly made his mark for Fitzroy as a prolific left-handed opening batsman, and was in the Victorian State team by 1977-78. His first game was at the MCG against NSW, where he ran out Test batsman Peter Toohey.
In his First Class cricket career, Gary played 67 games from 1977-91 for Victoria, making 3976 runs at an average of 32.85, with 8 centuries. He was a member of the 1990-91 team that won the Sheffield Shield.
His record for Fitzroy Doncaster is unsurpassed and he currently holds the club records for the most games played (322 games over 26 seasons), most runs scored (12,933), most centuries (25), and the highest individual score (260no). He also topped 50 on 75 occasions. His 12,933 runs was the highest for all time in the competition until more recently surpassed by Warren Ayres. He won the Club batting average on 12 occasions.
Gary was a member of the 1993-94 Premiership team, and in the same season won the Ryder Medal, scoring 907 runs at an average of 53.35 for the season.
Gary has been made a Life Member of the club.
Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.