Cricket career
Watson made his first class debut for Victoria in 1964. He had a strong season in 1965-66 with 514 runs in the Sheffield Shield with an average of 39.53 and 14 wickets at an average of 28.21. In June 1966 Watson was picked on the 1966-67 tour of South Africa, picked as a replacement for Doug Walters, who had been called up for national service. His roommate on the tour was Ian Chappell who later wrote "Before the tour, I'd played against Graeme, but I really only knew him as a slightly unusual Victorian in that he stayed around for a beer after play." Watson scored a century against Eastern Province. When Neil Hawke was injured, Watson was picked to replace him for the second test. Watson scored 50 in Australia's first innings, batting at number eight. He took 0-27 in South Africa's first innings but injured his ankle while bowling and finished up on crutches. This meant Watson missed the third test where he was replaced by Neil Hawke. However he played in the last two tests. In the fourth, a draw, he scored 17 and 0 but took 2-67. In the fifth test Watson scored 0 and 9 and 1-58; Australia lost the match and the series 3-1. Watson was due to start his national service but was allowed a deferment as he was a student. In 1968 he signed to play for East Lancashire. In 1969-70 Watson toured New Zealand. He was third selector, after captain Sam Trimble and vice captain John Inverarity. He played in all three unofficial tests. Western Australia In 1971-72 he moved to Western Australia, where he was part of Sheffield Shield wimming teams in 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1974-75. In 1971-72 his excellent form - 457 runs in ten innings - saw him picked in the Australian XI to replace John Inverarity for the third unofficial Test against the World XI. He was hit in the face from a delivery by Tony Greig described by Ian Chappell as "an unintentional beamer". He received forty pints of blood, heart massages and mouth to mouth resuscitation to stay alive. Chappell recalled " It was typical of Beatle to say very little about the incident; he made light of any injury and at times was too brave for his own good." He played in the first test but only scored 2 and 0. He was dropped for Bob Massie in the second. Watson returned to the side for the fifth test playing as opener, scoring 13 and 6 and taking two wickets. This would be Watson's last test. Over the tour he scored 915 at 36.5 with two centuries and took 25 wickets at 24.84. New South Wales In 1975 Watson moved to Sydney for career reasons and played for New South Waes. In 1977 Watson signed for World Series Cricket. In December 1977 when playing against the World XI he took 7-26. ==Personal life==