Rowley Watt | |
Fullname: | Rowland Hill Watt |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1898 |
Birth Place: | Subiaco, Western Australia |
Death Place: | Frankston, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Rochester (Bendigo FL) |
Height: | 163 cm |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Statsend: | 1931 |
Years1: | 1922–1931 |
Club1: | Essendon |
Games Goals1: | 141 (41) |
Rowland Hill Watt (17 July 1898 – 27 July 1970)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Watt arrived at Essendon from Rochester and spent a season with Essendon Association before joining their VFL club. He was one of the small players in the team which saw them called the 'Mosquito Fleet' and he was a member of their 1923 and 1924 premiership sides. Although he started as a centreman he spent most of his time at Essendon either as a wingman, half forward flanker and occasionally roving.
Watt returned to Rochester as captain-coach of Rochester in 1932.[2]
His younger brother Rod Watt played briefly with Essendon in the mid-1920s.