Bill Gwynne Explained

Bill Gwynne
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:William Joseph Chatten Gwynne
Birth Date:28 June 1913
Birth Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Death Place:Invercargill, New Zealand
Umpire:true
Testsumpired:3
Umptestdebutyr:1956
Umptestlastyr:1966
Date:7 July
Year:2013
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37217.html Cricinfo

William Joseph Chatten Gwynne (28 June 1913  - 10 November 1991) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in three Test matches between 1956 and 1966.[1] In all, he umpired 24 first-class matches between 1956 and 1966, all but four of them at the Carisbrook ground in Dunedin.[2]

Gwynne married Joan Isaac in the Dunedin suburb of Caversham in October 1937.[3] He served overseas with the New Zealand Army in World War II.[4] Joan died in Invercargill in November 1989, and Bill also died there, in November 1991, aged 78.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bill Gwynne . 7 July 2013 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Bill Gwynne as Umpire in First-Class Matches . CricketArchive . 30 January 2022.
  3. Weddings . Evening Star . 9 October 1937 . 26 .
  4. Web site: William Joseph Chatten Gwynne . Auckland Museum . 30 January 2022.
  5. Web site: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, Southland . Ancestry.com.au . 30 January 2022.