Herb Elphinston
Herbert Alfred Rhys Elphinston (25 February 1905 at Leichhardt, Sydney – 8 July 1966 at Forestville, Sydney) was an Australian Test cricket umpire.[1]
Umpiring career
After playing club cricket in Sydney as a bowler, Herb Elphinston took up umpiring in the 1930s.
Elphinston was a leader in warning fast bowlers against the persistent use of short-pitched deliveries (bouncers), resulting in Australian first-class umpires being given more power to intervene against intimidatory bowling.[5]
Outside cricket
Elphinston attended Canterbury Boys' High School in Sydney. He worked as a clerk in the timekeeper's office at Sydney County Council.[2] He died in 1966; his wife Miriam died in 1965. They had three daughters.[2]
See also
- List of test umpires
References
- ^ "Herbert Elphinston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "A Test ump. was never stumped". Daily Telegraph: 48. 3 December 1950.
- ^ "Herbert Elphinston as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Mix-up at end of day's play in Test". Daily Telegraph: 10. 10 January 1953.
- ^ Robinson, Ray (19 April 1952). "N.S.W. bid to control bumper attack". The Mail: 5.
- Pollard, Jack, "Australian Cricket: 1948-1995, The Packer Years". Sydney, The Book Company, 1995.
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