Date-stamped : 12 May96 - 02:14 English First Class Umpires - 1996 J.C. (Chris) Balderstone Date of birth: 16 Nov 1940 Playing details: RHB, SLA. Yorkshire 1961-9. Leicestershire 1971-86. 2 Tests (1976). 19034 runs at 34.11, 310 wkts at 26.32. Soccer for Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers, Queen of the South. Umpiring details: Appointed 1988. 1 ODI (1994). H.D. (Harold "Dickie") Bird Date of birth: 19 Apr 1933 Playing details: RHB, RM. Yorkshire 1956-9. Leicestershire 1960-4. 3314 runs at 20.71. Umpiring details: Appointed 1970. 65 Tests (1973-1996) - world record. Is retiring from Test umpiring after the Lord's Test against India in 1996. 71 ODI (1973-1995), including 1975, 1979 and 1983 World Cup finals. On International Panel 1994-6. J.D. (John "Jackie") Bond Date of birth: 6 May 1932 Playing details: RHB, LB. Lancashire 1955-72 (captain 1968-72). Nottinghamshire 1974 (captain). 12125 runs at 25.90. Test selector 1974. Umpiring details: Appointed 1988. G.I. (Graham) Burgess Date of birth: 5 May 1943 Playing details: RHB, RM. Somerset 1966-79. 7129 runs at 18.90, 474 wickets at 28.57. Umpiring details: Appointed 1991. A. (Tony) Clarkson Date of birth: 5 Sep 1939 Playing details: RHB, OB. Yorkshire 1963. Somerset 1966-71. 4458 runs at 25.18, 13 wickets at 28.23. Umpiring details: Appointed 1996. D.J. (David) Constant Date of birth: 9 Nov 1941 Playing details: LHB, SLA. Kent 1961-3. Leicestershire 1965-8. 1517 runs at 19.20, 1 wicket at 36.00. Represented Gloucestershire at bowls 1984-6. Umpiring details: Appointed 1969. 36 Tests (1971-88). 29 ODI (1972-90). B. (Barry) Dudleston Date of birth: 16 Jul 1945 Playing details: RHB, SLA. Leicestershire 1966-80. Gloucestershire 1981-3. Rhodesia 1976-80. 14747 runs at 32.48, 47 wickets at 29.04. Umpiring details: Appointed 1984. 2 Tests (1991-2). 1 ODI (1992). J.H. (John "Jackie") Hampshire Date of birth: 10 Feb 1941 Playing details: RHB, LB. Yorkshire 1961-81 (captain 1979-80). Derbyshire 1982-4. 28059 runs at 34.55, 30 wickets at 54.56. 8 Tests (1969-75): 403 runs at 26.86 (HS 107 v WI at Lord's in 1969 on Test debut). Umpiring details: Appointed 1985. 11 Tests (1989-93). 5 ODI (1989-92). J.H. (John) Harris Date of birth: 13 Feb 1936 Playing details: LHB, RFM. Somerset 1952-9. 154 runs at 11.00, 19 wickets at 32.57 Umpiring details: Appointed 1983. J.W. (John) Holder Date of birth: 19 Mar 1945 in Barbados Playing details: RHB, RFM. Hampshire 1968-72. 374 runs at 10.68, 139 wickets at 24.56. Umpiring details: Appointed 1983. 10 Tests (1988-91). 13 ODI (1988-94). V.A.Holder (Vanburn) Holder Date of birth: 8 Oct 1945 in Barbados Playing details: RHB, RFM. Barbados 1966-78. Worcestershire 1968-80. 3559 runs at 13.03, 947 wickets at 24.48. Tests: 40 for WI (1969-1979). 682 runs at 14.20, 109 wickets at 33.27. Best bowling 6-28 v Australia in Port-of-Spain, 1977-8. 12 ODI. Umpiring details: Appointed 1992. T.E. (Trevor) Jesty Date of birth: 2 Jun 1948 Playing details: RHB, RM. Hampshire 1966-84. Surrey 1985-7 (captain 1985). Lancashire 1988-91. Border 1973-4. Griqualand West 1974-6, 1980-1. Canterbury 1979-80. 10 ODI. 21916 runs at 32.71, 585 wickets at 27.47. Umpiring details: Appointed 1994. A.A. (Allan) Jones Date of birth: 9 Dec 1947 Playing details: RHB, RFM. Sussex 1966-9. Somerset 1970-75. Northern Transvaal 1972-3. Middlesex 1976-9. Orange Free State 1976-7. Glamorgan 1980-1. 799 runs at 5.39, 549 wickets at 28.07. Umpiring details: Appointed 1985. R. (Raymond "Ray") Julian Date of birth: 23 Aug 1936 Playing details: RHB, WK. Leicestershire 1953-71. 2581 runs at 9.73, 421 dismissals (382 ct, 39 st). Umpiring details: Appointed 1972. M.J. (Mervyn) Kitchen Date of birth: 1 Aug 1940 Playing details: LHB, RM. Somerset 1960-79. 15230 runs at 26.25, 2 wickets at 54.50. Umpiring details: Appointed 1982. 11 Tests (1990-96). 12 ODI (1983-1995). Appointed to International Panel 1995. B. (Barrie) Leadbeater Date of birth: 14 Aug 1943 Playing details: RHB, RM. Yorkshire 1966-79. 5373 runs at 25.34, 1 wicket at 5.00. Umpiring details: Appointed 1981. 4 ODI (1983). K.J. (Kevin) Lyons Date of birth: 18 Dec 1946 Playing details: RHB, RM. Glamorgan 1967-77. 1673 runs at 19.68, 2 wickets at 126.00. Umpiring details: 1985-1991. Reappointed 1994. B.J. (Barrie) Meyer Date of birth: 21 Aug 1932 Playing details: RHB, WK. Gloucestershire 1957-71. 5367 runs at 14.16, 826 dismissals (707 ct, 119 st). Soccer for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Newport County, Bristol City. Umpiring details: Appointed 1973. 26 Tests (1978-93). 23 ODI (1977-1993), including 1979 and 1983 World Cup finals. K.E. (Kenneth "Ken") Palmer Date of birth: 22 Apr 1937 Playing details: RHB, RFM. Brother of Roy Palmer (see below). Somerset 1955-69. 7761 runs at 20.64, 866 wickets at 21.34. 1 Test (1964-5, while coaching in South Africa): 10 runs, 1 wicket. Umpiring details: Appointed 1972. 22 Tests (1978-94). 19 ODI (1977-94). International Panel 1994. R. (Roy) Palmer Date of birth: 12 Jul 1942 Playing details: RHB, RFM. Brother of Ken Palmer (see above). Somerset 1965-70. 1037 runs at 13.29, 172 wickets at 31.62. Umpiring details: Appointed 1980. 2 Tests (1992-3). 8 ODI (1983-95). N.T. (Nigel) Plews Date of birth: 5 Sep 1934 Playing details: No first-class appearances. Former policeman (Fraud Squad). Umpiring details: Appointed 1982. 11 Tests (1988-96).# 15 ODI (1986-96. International Panel 1994-6. G. (George) Sharp Date of birth: 12 Mar 1950 Playing details: RHB, WK, occasional LM. Northamptonshire 1968-85. 6254 runs at 19.85, 1 wicket at 70.00, 655 dismissals (565 ct, 90 st). Umpiring details: Appointed 1992. Appointed to International Panel 1996. D.R. (David) Shepherd Date of birth: 27 Dec 1940 Playing details: RHB, RM. Gloucestershire 1965-79. Scored 108 on debut (v Oxford Univ). 10672 runs at 24.47, 2 wickets at 53.00. Umpiring details: Appointed 1981. 28 Tests (1985-96). 62 ODI (1983-96), including 1987-8, 1991-2 and 1995-6 World Cups. Appointed to International Panel 1994. R.A. (Robert "Bob") White Date of birth: 6 Oct 1936 Playing details: LHB, OB. Middlesex 1958-65. Nottinghamshire 1966-80. 12452 runs at 23.18, 693 wickets at 30.50. Umpiring details: Appointed 1983. A.G.T. (Alan) Whitehead Date of birth: 28 Oct 1940 Playing details: LHB, SLA. Somerset 1957-61. 137 runs at 5.70, 67 wickets at 34.41. Umpiring details: Appointed 1970. 5 Tests (1982-7). 12 ODI (1979-87). P. (Peter) Willey Date of birth: 6 Dec 1949 Playing details: RHB, OB. Northamptonshire 1966-83. Leicestershire 1984-91 (captain 1987). Eastern Province 1982-5. 24361 runs at 30.56, 756 wickets at 30.95. Tests: 26 (1976-86); 1184 runs at 26.90, highest score 102* v WI at St John's, Antigua, 1980-1; 7 wickets at 65.14. 26 ODI. Umpiring details: Appointed 1993. Appointed to International Panel 1996. Reserve first-class list, 1996: P.Adams, N.G.Cowley, M.J.Harris, J.W.Lloyds, M.K.Reed, J.F.Steele. Texaco Trophy Panel, 1996: Bird, Constant, J.W.Holder, Jones, Julian, Kitchen, Plews, Sharp, Shepherd, Whitehead, Willey. Current International Panel includes the following English umpires: Kitchen, Sharp, Shepherd, Willey. Statistics to 18 March, 1996. Abbreviations: RHB - right-hand bat, LHB - left-hand bat, RFM - right-arm fast-medium, RM - right-arm medium, OB - off-breaks, LB - leg-breaks, WK - wicketkeeper. Contributed by John.Hall (john@jhall.demon.co.uk)