Douglas Dumbleton Explained

Douglas Dumbleton
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Douglas Philip Dumbleton
Birth Date:27 April 1918
Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Death Place:Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Umpire:true
Testsumpired:2
Umptestdebutyr:1963
Umptestlastyr:1964
Date:5 July
Year:2013
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36928.html Cricinfo

Douglas Philip Dumbleton (27 April 1918  - 4 March 2005) was a New Zealand cricket umpire from Wellington.[1] He stood in two Test matches at the Basin Reserve in Wellington in 1963 and 1964.[2]

Dumbleton played one first-class match for Wellington in the Plunket Shield in the 1940s. He umpired 17 first-class matches between 1954 and 1969, all but one of them at the Basin Reserve.[3] He was a leading figure in the formation of the New Zealand Umpires' Association, and became its first life member.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doug Dumbleton . CricketArchive . 6 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Douglas Dumbleton . 5 July 2013 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  3. Web site: Doug Dumbleton as Umpire in First-Class Matches. CricketArchive . 6 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Bidwell . Peter . Wellington Umpiring History . Cricket Wellington Umpires and Scorers Inc. . 6 September 2021 . 26 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126100939/https://sites.google.com/a/wellingtonumpires.com/members/history . dead .