Poss Watson

Poss Watson
Personal information
Full name William Wright Watson
Nickname(s) Poss, Possum
Date of birth (1868-08-25)25 August 1868
Place of birth Warrnambool, Victoria
Date of death 20 August 1950(1950-08-20) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Dalkeith, Western Australia[2]
Original team(s) Warrnambool
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1891–1894 Essendon 69 (29)
1895–1898 Fremantle 58
1899 Perth 9
Career highlights
  • VFA premierships: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
  • WAFA premierships: 1895, 1896, 1898
  • Fremantle captain: 1895 (part)–1898
  • Perth inaugural captain: 1899
Source: AustralianFootball.com

William Wright "Poss" Watson (25 August 1868 – 20 August 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Fremantle in the West Australian Football Association.[2]

Originally from Warrnambool,[3] Watson played alongside Albert Thurgood in Essendon's four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894, before getting married[4] and moving to Western Australia (with Thurgood)[5] to play for Fremantle, captaining the team[6] and winning three more premierships in the next four years. He retired at the end of the 1898 season,[7] but returned in 1899 to captain the newly formed Perth Football Club[8] when they were admitted to the league mid-season.

Notes

  1. ^ "Family Notices". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 998. Western Australia. 22 August 1950. p. 26.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-Champion Dies At 82". The Daily News. Vol. LXVIII, no. 23, 512. Western Australia. 21 August 1950. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Mr W Watson". Sunday Chronicle. Western Australia. 24 July 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Local and General". Coolgardie Miner. Western Australia. 30 April 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "The Football Season". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Sporting News Football". Western Mail. Western Australia. 5 July 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "First Match For Premiership Honours". Western Mail. Western Australia. 19 May 1899. p. 56. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Records at a Glance". Perth Football Club Annual Report: 21. 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.


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