Richard Millar Watson

Career Thomson was born In Edinburgh, Scotland in 1860. In 1894 avenged his defeat of the previous years loss when won the Scottish Championships against reigning two time title holder Arthur Gore.

His main career singles title successes came at the South of Scotland Championships which he won two times (1891, 1893), he also won the Inverkip Rovers Open (1888), the Castle Wemyss Cup as the men's event as part of the Castle Wemyss Open (1891), the North of Scotland Championships (1892), and the Whitehouse Open (1894).

In addition he was a losing finalist at the East of Scotland Championships three times (1888 1891–1892), Galashiels Championship (1887), and the West of Scotland Championships (1894). Thomson played his final singles event at the Northumberland Championships in 1907. Career singles (34) Titles (12) 1886 - Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament 1886 - West Teviotdale Open 1888 - Inverkip Rovers Open 1890 - East of Scotland Championships 1891 - Castle Wemyss Cup 1891 - Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament 1891 - South of Scotland Championships 1892 - North of Scotland Championships 1892 - South of Scotland Championships 1893 - South of Scotland Championships 1894 - Scottish Championships 1894 - Whitehouse Open

Runner-Up (22) 1885 - West Teviotdale Open 1887 - Galashiels Championship 1887 - South of Scotland Championships 1887 - Whitehouse Open 1888 - East of Scotland Championships 1889 - Inverkip Rovers Open 1889 - South of Scotland Championships 1890 - Scottish Championships 1890 - South of Scotland Championships 1891 - East of Scotland Championships 1892- East of Scotland Championships 1892 - Pollokshields Open 1892 - Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament 1892 - Castle Wemyss Cup 1892 - East of Scotland Championships 1892 - Scottish Championships 1893 - Scottish Championships 1894 - West of Scotland Championships 1894 - Pollokshields Open 1894 - South of Scotland Championships 1895 - Whitehouse Open 1895 - Scottish Championships