Death of Mr George Watson.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5167, 24 November 1884, Page 3

Death of Mr George Watson.

"We grieve to have to report that Mr George Watson's illness terminated fatally last night. On Saturday, the first question cricketers asked when they met on their grounds was how their comrade was getting on, and great was the relief when it was announced that the crisis of his illness was over. Unhappily, either this was exaggerated, or a reaction set in, for early this morning the notice was brought to our office which conveys the melancholy news of his death. George Watson was not, perhaps, so generally known to residents as a man who occupied a more public position would be, but he has repeatedly occupied the honourable position of representative of the Province in the cricket field, and with such credit as to make his name known as one of the foremost players in the Colony. Unassuming in manner, and thoroughly in earnest in what he undertook, the late captain of the Midland Club will be regretted by all who knew him — not more for the loss of a sterling cricketer than for the lamentable suddenness with which he has disappeared from our midst. At the time of his death, Mr Watson, who was a graduate of New Zealand University, was a master at Christ's College, whither he had not long removed from the Boys' High School. He leaves a wife and family.