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Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
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Billy Bowden
Brent Fraser "Billy" Bowden (born 11 April 1963) is an international cricket umpire from New Zealand known for his dramatic signalling style. He was a player until he began to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and took up umpiring.
In March 1995...
Date of birth:
- Apr 11, 1963 (age 46 years)
George Wright
George Wright (January 28, 1847 – August 21, 1937) was an American pioneer in the sport of baseball. He played shortstop for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional team, when he was probably the game's best player. In...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1847
Date of death:
- Aug 21, 1937 (age 90 years)
Charles Bannerman
Charles Bannerman (3 July 1851 – 20 August 1930) was an Australian Test cricketer, a right-hand batsman, who played domestic cricket for New South Wales.
Bannerman was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, son of William Bannerman and his wife Margaret,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 3, 1851
Date of death:
- Aug 20, 1930 (age 79 years)
Fred Root
Charles Frederick (Fred) Root (16 April 1890 – 20 January 1954) was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire and Worcestershire between 1910 and 1932.
Root was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire. He played his early first...
Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1890
Date of death:
- Jan 20, 1954 (age 63 years)
Steve Bucknor
The Honourable Stephen Anthony Bucknor OJ, also known as Steve Bucknor, is a former international cricket umpire. He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 31 May 1946. He became a high school mathematics teacher and sports coach, before going on to...
Date of birth:
- 1946 (age 64 years)
Bill Alley
William (Bill) Edward Alley (3 February 1919 in Sydney, Australia – 26 November 2004 in Taunton, Somerset, England) was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI.
Whilst in Australia, Alley...
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1919
Date of death:
- Nov 26, 2004 (age 85 years)
Peter Hartley
Peter John Hartley (born April 18, 1960) is a former England county cricketer.
Hartley was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, and made his debut for Warwickshire in 1982. He returned to Yorkshire in 1985, and stayed there until 1998, when he moved to...
Date of birth:
- Apr 18, 1960 (age 49 years)
James Lillywhite
James Lillywhite (23 February 1842 in Westhampnett – 25 October 1929 in Chichester) was the first ever captain of the English cricket team, captaining 2 Test matches against Australia in 1876/7, losing the first, but winning the second.
Later he...
Date of birth:
- Feb 23, 1842
Date of death:
- Oct 25, 1929 (age 87 years)
Alfred Shaw
Alfred Shaw (Burton Joyce Nottinghamshire, 29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire) was an eminent Victorian cricketer. He made two trips to North America and four to Australia, captaining the English cricket team in four Test...
Date of birth:
- Aug 29, 1842
Date of death:
- Jan 16, 1907 (age 64 years)
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (Godalming, Surrey, 25 March 1830 – 6 March 1878) was a Surrey cricketer who played 194 first-class cricket matches between 1849 and 1867.
Julius Caesar was born to Benjamin Caesar, a baker, and his wife Anne (née Bowler). Benjamin and...
Date of birth:
- Mar 25, 1830
Date of death:
- Mar 6, 1878 (age 47 years)
Charlie Parker
Charles Warrington Leonard "Charlie" Parker (14 October 1882 in Prestbury, Gloucestershire – 11 July 1959 in Cranleigh, Surrey) was an English cricketer who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first class cricket, behind only...
Date of birth:
- Oct 14, 1882
Date of death:
- 1959 (age 76 years)
George Coulthard
George Coulthard (1 August 1856 in Boroondara, Victoria – 22 October 1883 in Carlton, Victoria) was a star Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and cricketer who played for the Melbourne Cricket Club, Victoria and briefly for Australia...
Date of birth:
- Aug 1, 1856
Date of death:
- Oct 22, 1883 (age 27 years)
Frank Hearne
Frank Hearne (23 November 1858 in Ealing, England – 14 July 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricketer.
One of the few men to play Test cricket for more than one country, he played for both England and South Africa.
At Newlands, Cape Town, in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 23, 1858
Date of death:
- Jul 14, 1949 (age 90 years)
Bobby Peel
Robert ("Bobby") Peel (February 12, 1857 in Leeds – August 12, 1941 in Leeds) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer: a left-arm spinner who ranks as one of the finest bowlers of the 1890s. He was also a capable batsman, who once hit 210 not out (out...
Date of birth:
- Feb 12, 1857
Date of death:
- Aug 12, 1941 (age 84 years)
George Thompson
George Joseph Thompson (October 27, 1877 – March 3, 1943) was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship.
A huge man,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1877
Date of death:
- Mar 3, 1943 (age 65 years)
Schofield Haigh
Schofield Haigh (19 March 1871, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England – 27 February 1921, Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer who was probably the most lethal bowler on a sticky wicket ever...
Date of birth:
- Mar 19, 1871
Date of death:
- 1921 (age 49 years)
William Attewell
William Attewell (commonly known as Dick Attewell) (pronounced /ˈætwɛl/) (12 June 1861, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England – 11 June 1927, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England) was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and...
Date of birth:
- Jun 12, 1861
Date of death:
- Jun 11, 1927 (age 66 years)
Dave Orchard
David Lynton Orchard (born 24 June 1948) is South African former first-class cricketer, and former international umpire who stood in 44 Tests and 107 ODI.
Orchard was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He played first-class cricket as an all...
Date of birth:
- Jun 24, 1948 (age 61 years)
Harold "Dickie" Bird
Harold Dennis Bird, MBE, commonly known as "Dickie" Bird (born April 19, 1933 in Barnsley, Yorkshire) is a retired English international cricket umpire. The son of a miner, he gained the nickname 'Dickie' at school. He resides in the South Yorkshire...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1933 (age 76 years)
Richard Illingworth
Richard Keith Illingworth, (born 23 August 1963 (1963-08-23) (age 46) in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English former cricketer who is currently a first-class cricket umpire
Playing mainly as a left-arm spinner, Illingworth made his first-class debut...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1963 (age 46 years)
David Shepherd
David Robert Shepherd MBE (27 December 1940 – 27 October 2009) was one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, and officiated in three World Cup finals.
Shepherd had a reasonably...
Date of birth:
- Dec 27, 1940
Date of death:
- Oct 27, 2009 (age 68 years)
David Denton
David "Lucky" Denton (4 July 1874 in Wakefield, Yorkshire – 16 February 1950 in Wakefield, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, an attacking batsman who had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleven Tests for England. His nickname came from his...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1874
Date of death:
- Feb 16, 1950 (age 75 years)
Rudi Koertzen
Rudolf Eric Koertzen (born 26 March 1949) otherwise known as Rudi Koertzen is an international cricket umpire.
Koertzen was born in Knysna in Cape Province, South Africa. A cricket enthusiast since his youth, Koertzen played league cricket while...
Date of birth:
- Mar 26, 1949 (age 60 years)
Jack Birkenshaw
Jack Birkenshaw (born 13 November 1940 in Rothwell, near Leeds, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach.
Attended John Lawrence cricket school at Rothwell from the age of seven and when 14 appeared for...
Date of birth:
- Nov 13, 1940 (age 69 years)
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan pronunciation (help·info) (informally Venkat, born 21 April 1945) is a former Indian cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in English county cricket. He played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team, and later...
Date of birth:
- Apr 21, 1945 (age 64 years)
Simon Taufel
Simon James Arthur Taufel, (born 21 January 1971 in St Leonards, New South Wales), is an Australian cricket umpire who is a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards between 2004 and 2008. Taufel is...
Date of birth:
- Jan 21, 1971 (age 38 years)
Neil Mallender
Neil Alan Mallender (born August 13, 1961, Kirk Sandall, Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand lower order batsman who improved as his career progressed, Mallender played first-class cricket in...
Date of birth:
- Aug 13, 1961 (age 48 years)
Asoka de Silva
Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva (born March 28, 1956, Kalutara, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 28 ODIs from 1985 to 1992. He later became an umpire.
De Silva served on the ICC Elite Umpire Panel between 2002...
Date of birth:
- Mar 28, 1956 (age 53 years)
Aleem Dar
Aleem Sarwar Dar (Born June 6, 1968 in Jhang, Punjab) played Pakistani domestic cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Railways (Pakistan) as a right-handed batsmen and legbreak bowler.He was educated at Islamia College...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1968 (age 41 years)
Paul Reiffel
Paul Ronald Reiffel (born 19 April 1966, Box Hill, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 92 ODIs from 1992 to 1999. He was part of Australia's victorious 1999 World Cup team. After retirement he become a First Class...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1966 (age 43 years)
Allen Hill
Allen Hill (14 November 1843 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire – 28 August 1910 in Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket. Hill also went on to umpire in the Test match played at Lord's in 1890. He began his...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1843
Date of death:
- Aug 28, 1910 (age 66 years)
Harry Jupp
Henry ("Harry") Jupp (19 November 1841 in Dorking, Surrey – 8 April 1889 in Bermondsey, London) was an English professional cricketer, who was the opening batsman for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1862 to 1881. Renowned for his defensive technique...
Date of birth:
- Nov 19, 1841
Date of death:
- Apr 8, 1889 (age 47 years)
Billy Barnes
William Barnes (27 May 1852 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 24 March 1899 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England) was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1852
Date of death:
- 1899 (age 46 years)
Dick Barlow
Richard ("Dick") Gorton Barlow (28 May 1851 in Barrow Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire, England – 31 July 1919 in Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. Barlow will be best remembered for his...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1851
Date of death:
- 1919 (age 67 years)
Fred Price
Wilfred Frederick (Fred) Frank Price (25 April 1902 in Westminster, London, England – 13 January 1969 in Hendon, Greater London, England) was a cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1926 to 1947. Price also stood as an umpire...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1902
Date of death:
- 1969 (age 66 years)
Alfred Dipper
Alfred Ernest Dipper (9 November 1885, Apperley, Gloucestershire, England – 7 November 1945, Lambeth, London, England) was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and once for England.
Dipper made his first class debut in 1908 when called into...
Date of birth:
- Nov 9, 1885
Date of death:
- Nov 7, 1945 (age 60 years)
Bill Copson
William Henry Copson (27 April 1908 – 14 September 1971) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1950, and for England between 1939 and 1947. He took over 1000 wickets for Derbyshire and was prominent in their 1936...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1908
Date of death:
- Sep 14, 1971 (age 63 years)
Mordecai Sherwin
Mordecai Sherwin (26 February 1851 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England – 3 July 1910 in Nottingham, England) was a professional footballer and cricketer who played in goal for Notts County and as a wicket-keeper for Nottinghamshire between 1878...
Date of birth:
- Feb 26, 1851
Date of death:
- Jul 3, 1910 (age 59 years)
John Hampshire
John Harry Hampshire (born February 10, 1941 Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, Yorkshire), better known as Jack Hampshire, was an English cricketer who played only a handful of Tests and ODI's for England. He also played first-class cricket for 20 years for...
Date of birth:
- Feb 10, 1941 (age 68 years)
Patrick McShane
Patrick George McShane (born 18 April 1858 at Keilor, Victoria; died 11 December 1903 at Kew, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Test matches between 1885 and 1888.
McShane is rare in that he was a Test match umpire before he...
Date of birth:
- 1858
Date of death:
- 1903 (age 45 years)
Audley Miller
Audley Montague Miller (19 October 1869 in Brentry, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England – 26 June 1959 in Clifton, Bristol, England) was an amateur cricketer who played one Test match for England. Miller's Test came as a result of his touring...
Date of birth:
- Oct 19, 1869
Date of death:
- 1959 (age 89 years)
Peter Willey
Peter Willey (born 6 December 1949 at Sedgefield, County Durham) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three...
Date of birth:
- Dec 6, 1949 (age 60 years)
Andrew Barlow
Andrew Nicholas Barlow (3 July 1899 at Newport, Victoria – 13 July 1961 at Melbourne, Victoria) was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired eleven Test matches between 1931 and 1951. His first match, at the age of 31, was between Australia and the...
Date of birth:
- Jul 3, 1899
Date of death:
- Jul 13, 1961 (age 62 years)
Curtis Reid
Curtis Alexander Reid (16 July 1836 at Inverary Park, New South Wales – 1 July 1886 at Hawthorn, Victoria) umpired the historic first Test match played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 15 March to 19 March 1877. His colleague was...
Date of birth:
- Jul 16, 1836
Date of death:
- Jul 1, 1886 (age 49 years)
Richard Benjamin Terry
Richard Benjamin Terry (dates unknown) umpired the historic first Test match played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 15 March to 19 March 1877. His colleague was Curtis Reid. He also umpired in the second Test match, played two weeks...
Sam Cosstick
Samuel Cosstick (1 January 1836 – 8 April 1896) was an important figure in developing cricket in Victoria in its formative years.
Cosstick was born at Croydon, Surrey, England. He was attracted to Victoria by the gold fever of the early 1850s and...
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1836
Date of death:
- Apr 8, 1896 (age 60 years)
P. Coady
P. Coady (dates unknown) umpired one Test cricket match played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 2–4 January 1879. The match, which was won by Australia by 10 wickets, was notable for the first Test match hat-trick, achieved by Fred...
John Swift
John Sheddon Swift (3 February 1852 – 28 February 1926 at Kew, Victoria) was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
He played three matches for Victoria as a right-hand batsman, scoring 65 runs at an average of 13.00 with a highest...
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1852
Date of death:
- Feb 28, 1926 (age 74 years)
Ted Elliott
Edward Hudspith Elliott (19 April 1851, Sunderland, County Durham, England – 19 March 1885 at North Carlton, Victoria) was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
Having arrived in Victoria at the age of one, he played eight matches...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1851
Date of death:
- Mar 19, 1885 (age 33 years)
T. N. Cole
Thomas Nicholas Cole (12 July 1844 – 27 January 1924) was an umpire in one Test match in Australia .
Cole was born in Australia.
His sole Test match as umpire was the 1st Ashes Test played between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1844
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 1924 (age 79 years)
Isaac Fisher
Isaac Alfred Fisher (12 April 1851 – 19 June 1944) was an umpire in one Test match in Australia.
Fisher was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He was an umpire in first-class cricket from February 1884 to October 1897. He made his debut as a first...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1851
Date of death:
- Jun 19, 1944 (age 93 years)
John Payne
John William Payne (1844 – 12 May 1928 at Glebe Point New South Wales) was a Test match umpire. He officiated in one match between Australia and England in Sydney on 20 February 1885 to 24 February 1885, won by Australia by only six runs thanks to...
Date of birth:
- 1844
Date of death:
- May 12, 1928 (age 84 years)
George Hodges
George James Hodges (dates unknown) was a Test match umpire. He officiated in one match between Australia and England in Melbourne on 21 March 1885 to 25 March 1885, comfortably won by England by an innings and 98 runs. Hodges' colleague was Jim...
Jim Phillips
James Phillips (1 September 1860, Pleasant Creek, now Stawell, Victoria – 21 April 1930 at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
He did not play his first first-class match until 1885/86, and...
Date of birth:
- 1860
Date of death:
- 1930 (age 70 years)
Henry Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson (dates unknown) was a Test match umpire. He officiated in one match between Australia and England in Sydney on 28 January to 31 January 1887, won by England by 13 runs after scoring a paltry 45 runs in their first innings. His...
Tom Flynn
Thomas Flynn (birth date unknown, died 21 April 1931 at Charters Towers, Queensland) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired 4 Test matches, making his debut in the match between Australia and England in Melbourne on 1 January to 6 January 1892,...
Jack Tooher
John Andrew Tooher (18 November 1846 at Sydney, New South Wales – 23 May 1941 at Neutral Bay, New South Wales) was a First-class cricketer for New South Wales and an cricket Test match umpire.
Tooher was a right-hand batsman who played one match in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1846
Date of death:
- May 23, 1941 (age 94 years)
George Edward Downs
George Edward Downs (25 July 1856 – 2 April 1936 at Adelaide, South Australia) was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired one Test match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 24 March to 28 March 1892, standing with Bill Whitridge, also in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1856
Date of death:
- Apr 2, 1936 (age 79 years)
Bill Whitridge
William Oswald Whitridge (14 August 1853 at Kensington, South Australia – 12 February 1919 at Adelaide, South Australia) was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired 1 Test match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 24 March to 28 March 1892,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 14, 1853
Date of death:
- Feb 12, 1919 (age 65 years)
George Searcy
George Henry Graff Searcy (15 January 1855 – 6 January 1927 at Adelaide, South Australia) was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired one Test match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 11 January to 15 January 1895, standing with 'Dimboola'...
Date of birth:
- Jan 15, 1855
Date of death:
- Jan 6, 1927 (age 72 years)
