Ben Terry
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| Full name | Richard Benjamin Terry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1852 Bulwell, Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 1910 (aged 57) Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1877-1881 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 2 (1877–1877) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 18 July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Benjamin Terry (25 November 1852 – 10 July 1910) was an Englishman who umpired the
Life and career
Ben Terry came from Nottingham, and was engaged by the Melbourne Cricket Club as a professional bowler in 1875, having been recommended by Robert Allan Fitzgerald, the secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club, and Richard Daft of Nottinghamshire.[1][2] He arrived in Melbourne in January 1876, bringing more than 200 cricket bats to sell.[3][4]
In 1876-77, when he umpired the first two Tests at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of his duties, his annual salary was 150 pounds; although his match performances for Melbourne were disappointing, he was highly regarded as a practice bowler.[5] He remained as one of the club's professionals until after the 1880-81 season, then returned to Britain.[6]
He played three matches for
After umpiring the two Tests, Terry continued to stand as an umpire in first-class matches in Melbourne, and occasionally Sydney, until 1881, when he returned to Britain. At the Australians' request, he also umpired a few of the matches played by the Australian touring teams to England in 1882 and 1884.[9] In 1882 he was the professional with the Langholm Cricket Club in Scotland.[10]
In 1891 he was still a professional cricketer, living in Edinburgh.[11] In 1906 he was a "flourishing bookmaker" in Scotland.[12] He died in Edinburgh in 1910.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Intercolonial Practice Match". The Age: 2. 17 December 1875. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "The Melbourne Eleven". South Australian Register: 6. 27 January 1876. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Cricket". The Age: 3. 24 January 1876. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Cricket gossip". Leader: 10. 5 February 1876. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "The Melbourne Cricket Club". The Argus: 6. 17 September 1877. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Felix (8 October 1881). "Cricket Chatter". The Australasian: 12. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Victoria v New South Wales 1877-78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Marriages". The Argus: 1. 17 December 1877.
- ^ "Richard Terry as umpire in first-class matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Somerset match". The Australasian: 7. 7 October 1882. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Register of Voters, Burgh of Edinburgh, 1890-91". Ancestry. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Gulliver (14 April 1906). "Cricket Notes". The Arrow: 2. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Benjamin Terry". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2020.