He won the New South Wales Amateur Championship four times, and represented Australia in the Sloan Morpeth Trophy.

After the first day he was tied for second place with Ossie Pickworth, two behind Kep Enderby, after rounds of 71 and 73.

[2] Waterson won the New South Wales Amateur Championship four times in five editions between 1939 and 1948, only losing in the 1946 semi-final to the eventual winner, Kep Enderby.

At Killara in 1935 he tied with Don Spence, the pair being 16 strokes behind the winner, Jim Ferrier.

[11][12] In 1948 Waterson represented Australia in the Sloan Morpeth Trophy at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, New Zealand winning 4½ to 1½.