Geoffrey Cradock-Watson

Geoffrey Gillman Cradock-Watson (22 August 1908 — 24 June 1989) was an English first-class cricketer who played in India and an aviator.

Cradock-Watson was born at Great Crosby in Lancashire in August 1908. He was educated in Crosby at the Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, where his father was headmaster. At school, he captained the cricket team. where he gained a half blue in athletics. In six first-class matches, he scored 179 runs at an average of 14.91 and with a highest score of 33. A wicket-keeper while fielding, he took 6 catches and made 4 stumpings.

He served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War, being commissioned as a pilot officer in the administrative and special duties branch. He was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer in January 1942, gaining the rank in full in November 1943. Cradock-Watson was made an OBE in the 1944 New Year Honours. He was mentioned in dispatches in January 1945, at which point he held the acting rank of wing commander. He served in both the European and Middle Eastern theatres. After the war he resumed his career in the petroleum industry, working as an aviation manager for the Asiatic Petroleum Company. Cradock-Watson died at Gloucester in June 1989.