[1] Norfolk against won the Minor Counties Championship in 1913,[2] with Watson playing nine matches in that season.
[1] Following the First World War, Watson played two first-class matches for the MCC in 1919 against Yorkshire and Oxford University.
[3] Watson played a total of twelve first-class matches for the MCC, taking 37 wickets at an average of 24.48.
[5] Watson's best season in minor counties cricket came in 1922, when he took 59 wickets at a bowling average of 14.37 across his thirteen matches.
[1] In 95 appearances for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship, Watson took 384 wickets at an average of 17.23.