Doug Watson

Doug Watson, whose full name was Douglas Grant Watson, was a South African international lawn bowler who lived from 1943 to 2005. He came to prominence in 1972 with a silver medal in the triples and a silver in the team event at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. At the 1976 championship in Johannesburg he won the singles, pairs and team gold medals, taking the singles ahead of Bob Middleton of Australia and David Bryant of England and winning the pairs with Bill Moseley. In 1972, aged 29, he became the youngest bowler to represent South Africa, and his international career was cut short by 1980 when the country was excluded from competition. He also won the 1971 pairs and 1968 fours at the South African National Bowls Championships for the Springwood Bowls Club, and worked as a sales representative.