Leo Cooper Watson (30 July 1885 – 21 November 1961) was an English-born cricketer.
[2] His father was a groundsman in the county and the family lived at Salford for a time where his older brother, Harold, played cricket before migrating to New Zealand in 1905.
[2][3] Leo Watson followed his brother to the Dominion in 1909, leaving London on the SS Turakina[4] and played cricket for the Carisbrook club in Dunedin before leaving for Wellington the following year.
[6] His only first-class match was a December 1910 fixture between Otago and Canterbury played at Lancaster Park in Christchurch.
[7] Watson went on to play for and captain the Sunnyside club at Papanui in Christchurch.