{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gary Watts | image = | country = | fullname = Gary Maxwell Watts | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dunolly, Victoria, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | bowling = | role =
| club1 = Victoria | year1 = 1977-1991 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 =
| date = 6 December 2015 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8276.html Cricinfo }} '''Gary Maxwell Watts''' (born 22 October 1958) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 67 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1977 and 1991.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8276.html |title=Gary Watts |accessdate=6 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Watts played twenty-six seasons of district/premier cricket for Fitzroy/Fitzroy-Doncaster between 1975/76 and 2000/01, and scored a career total of 12,933 runs at 42.26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/VCA%201st%20XI%20CAREER%20RECORDS%201889-90%20to%202014-15%20S-Z.pdf|title=VCA 1st XI Career records 1889-90 to 2014-15, S-Z|accessdate=27 February 2016|publisher=Cricket Victoria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115310/http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/VCA%201st%20XI%20CAREER%20RECORDS%201889-90%20to%202014-15%20S-Z.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the end of his career, he was the highest run-scorer in premier cricket history, having surpassed the record held by John Scholes; as of 2016, he sits second behind Warren Ayres.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Melbourne Leader|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Melbourne coach moves to seventh on all-time Premier/District aggregate|author=Paul Amy|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/melbourne-coach-moves-to-seventh-on-alltime-premierdistrict-aggregate/story-fngnvmox-1226846137032|date=5 March 2014|accessdate=27 February 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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