Four time South Sydney premiership winner 1926,1927,1928 and 1929, who was also a squad member of the 1931 premiership team. He also played in two premiership deciders in 1923 and 1924. Watson was also a member of the 1924 and 1925 winning City Cup squads.
Player Relatives
Father - Watson, Dave Snr (VFL - Richmond)
(South Sydney DRLFC Administrator)
Uncle - Watson, Tom (VFL - Richmond)
(VFL - Carlton)
(VFA - North Melbourne)
(VFA - Preston)
Uncle - Watson, Joe (VFL - Richmond)
Uncle - Watson, Bill (VFL - Richmond)
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Richmond, Vic - 1901 (Died - 1980)
South Sydney Junior Club
Redfern Iona
Previous Clubs
none
Playing Career at South Sydney (1921-31)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1923 Rd09 v North Sydney (22y)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Aust/State Championship : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1923 10 10 - 1 - - 3 : 2 2 - - - - - : : 1 1 - - 1 - 2
1924 8 8 - - - - - : 5 5 - - - - - : : 1 1 - - - - -
1925 2 1 (1) - - - - : 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
1926 8 8 - 3 1 - 11 : : : 1 1 - - - - -
1927 12 12 - 2 - - 6 : : : 1 1 - - - - -
1928 13 13 - 2 - - 6 : : : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
1929 16 16 - 1 - - 3 : : : 4 3 (1) - - - -
1930 10 10 - - - - - : : : 3 3 - - - - -
1931 4 4 - - - - - : : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 83 82 (1) 9 1 - 29 : 8 8 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 14 13 (1) 1 1 - 5
SS Cup 8 8 - - - - -
SS FG 105 103 (2) 10 2 - 34
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout : 9s
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1923 - - - - - - -
1928 : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
SS SF 1 1 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1929 Rd02 v Glebe
First Grade : Lower Grades
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %) : RG( W- D-L %) : 3G( W- D-L %)
1929 2( 2- 0-0 100%) : : :
1931 4( 2- 0-2 50%) : : 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
TOTAL 6( 4- 0-2 67%) : : 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
SS FG 6( 4- 0-2 67%)
CAREER 7( 5- 0-2 71%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE 1930 Rd12 FG Wests 3 Fighting
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Combined FG 1923 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Possibles 1924 : : 2 2 - - - - -
Combined RG 1925 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Probables 1928 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney City II 1929-30 : : 2 2 - 2 - - 6
Sydney City 1929 1 1 - - - - - : :
New South Wales 1929 2 2 - - - - - : : 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 12 12 - 2 - - 6
International
none
ALL REPS 12 12 - 2 - - 6
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1923 Fwd Combined FG v Orange - - -
1924 Prop Possibles v Probables 1st Match - - -
1924 Fwd Possibles v Probables 2nd Match - - -
1924 Fwd Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle (Withdrew due to injury)
1925 Prop Combined RG v Mudgee - - -
1928 Prop Probables v Possibles - - -
1929 Prop Sydney City II v NSW Country II 2 - -
1929 Prop Sydney City v NSW Country 2nd Match - - -
1929 Prop New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - - -
1929 Prop New South Wales v NSW North-West Tour Match - - -
1929 Prop New South Wales v Cntrl-Nth Qld Tour Match - - -
1929 Prop New South Wales v Queensland 5th Match - - -
1930 Prop Sydney City II v NSW Country II - - -
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