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Riley Watson

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Joseph Riley Watson (28 March 1859 – 18 October 1915) was an English medical doctor and public health official who was also in his youth a cricketer who played first-class cricket in two matches in the 1880s.[1] He was born at Steeton-in-Craven, Yorkshire and died at Harrogate, also in Yorkshire.

Watson was educated at Pannal College, Harrogate and then at a succession of medical training establishments and universities: The Yorkshire College of Science (later Leeds University]], University College, London, Christ's College, Cambridge and then the University of Edinburgh.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Riley Watson". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Joseph Riley Watson". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 373. Retrieved 21 July 2017.