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First-Class Oldest Umpires

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(Age on final day of their last First-Class match)

Years	Days
81	3	WR Bock	Wellington v Otago	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1927/28
79	355	BR Nagaraja Rao	Tamil Nadu v Kerala	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras	1993/94
79	113	GH Watts	Cambridge University v Free Foresters	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1946
77	171	H Scott	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire	County Ground, Northampton	1949
74	269	D Hendren	Oxford University v Leicestershire	The University Parks, Oxford	1957
74	116	RA Thoms	Surrey and Sussex v The Rest	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings	1900
74	1	A Millward	Sussex v South Americans	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1932
73	310	AA Qureshi	Sargodha v Lahore A	Sports Stadium, Sargodha	1969/70
73	120	JG Langridge	Leicestershire v Yorkshire	Grace Road, Leicester	1983
72	343	A Skelding	Leicestershire v Ireland	Grace Road, Leicester	1959
72	225	WEP Protheroe-Beynon	Ireland v Scotland	Castle Avenue, Dublin	1977
71	264	AC Jones	New South Wales v West Indians	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1930/31
71	249	H Elliott	Derbyshire v Pakistan Eaglets	County Ground, Derby	1963
71	206	WAJ West	Cambridge University v Free Foresters	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1935
71	86	W Mead	Essex v Cambridge University	Old County Ground, Brentwood	1939
71	58	PT Mills	Gloucestershire v Cambridge University	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	1950
70	304	WL Budd	Surrey v Somerset	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1984
70	220	RP Carpenter	Sussex v Cambridge University	County Ground, Hove	1901
70	33	HJ Alessio	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1924/25
70	6	GJW Platt	Worcestershire v Combined Services	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1951
69	362	TH Boggan	Griqualand West v Eastern Province B	De Beers Country Club, Kimberley	1979/80
69	357	AE Street	Surrey v Cambridge University	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1939
69	334	CE Richardson	Leicestershire v West Indians	Aylestone Road, Leicester	1923
69	175	HG Baldwin	Sussex v Gloucestershire	County Ground, Hove	1962
69	143	EJ Freedman	Transvaal v South African Universities	New Wanderers No 1 Oval, Johannesburg	1979/80
69	131	W Fitzherbert	Wellington v West Coast (North Island)	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1879/80
69	110	PB Austin	British Guiana v Lord Hawke's XI	Bourda, Georgetown	1896/97
69	108	WH Hale	Gloucestershire v Cambridge University	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	1939
69	43	A Jepson	Surrey v Somerset	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1984
68	362	WH Barnes	Canterbury v Central Districts	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1960/61
68	357	HR Martin	Boland v Australian XI	Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch Farmers Winery Ground, Stellenbosch	1985/86
68	232	CJ Cox	Canterbury v Otago	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1929/30
68	176	S Wrigley	Northamptonshire v West Indians	County Ground, Northampton	1923
68	142	J Moss	Sir J Cahn's XI v South Americans	West Park, West Bridgford	1932
68	59	RG Barlow	Yorkshire v Gloucestershire	Headingley, Leeds	1919
67	364	LT Cobcroft	North Island v South Island	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1934/35
67	300	GG Gilmour	Mashonaland v Manicaland	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2004/05
67	295	E Robinson	Gentlemen v Players	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1951
67	295	J Phillips	Surrey v Cambridge University	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1928
67	294	GJ Rye	Minor Counties v South Africans	County Ground, Lakenham	1924
67	276	WE Phillipson	TN Pearce's XI v New Zealanders	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1978
67	269	J Sherman	Gentlemen of Surrey and Sussex v Gentlemen of England	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1856
67	258	E Humphreys	Combined Services v Kent	Royal Engineers Sports Ground, Gillingham	1949
67	242	Shujauddin	Rawalpindi v House Building Finance Corporation	Pakistan Ordnance Factories Oval, Wah Cantonment	1986/87
67	212	CE Bartram	Scotland v Middlesex	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1923
67	138	WB Smith	Scotland v South Africa Academy	Boghall, Linlithgow	1999
67	121	W Wright	Lancashire v West Indians	Old Trafford, Manchester	1923
67	105	EJ Smith	Warwickshire v Combined Services	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1953
67	54	TW Spencer	Cambridge University v Worcestershire	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1981
67	38	CN Woolley	Northamptonshire v Scotland	Town Ground, Peterborough	1953
67	6	CA Webb	Wellington v Auckland	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1943/44
67	2	GH Hirst	Gentlemen v Players	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1938
66	335	CA Meyer	Eastern Province v Western Province	Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth	1987/88
66	335	AD Downes	Otago v Auckland	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1934/35
66	330	J Hughes	Oxford University v Lancashire	The University Parks, Oxford	1892
66	327	Tawakkal Majeed	Lahore Greens v Multan	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore	1964/65
66	322	RM Crockett	Victoria v Marylebone Cricket Club	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1929/30
66	318	OW Herman	DH Robins' XI v Pakistanis	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1974
66	284	SG Ponnadurai	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Kandy Cricket Club	Air Force Ground, Katunayake	2001/02
66	227	WH Carvosso	Queensland v South Australia	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1925/26
66	175	T Barker	Cambridge University v Cambridgeshire	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	1865
66	104	NGB Cook	Worcestershire v Middlesex	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	2022
66	92	G Lee	Surrey v Gloucestershire	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1876
66	84	AW Cooper	Bermuda v Cayman Islands	Armour Heights, Toronto	2005
66	81	TJ Parlane	Wellington v Otago	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington	2023/24
66	65	LS Everington	Rhodesia v Western Province	Police B Ground, Salisbury	1970/71
66	33	JH Evans	Glamorgan v Warwickshire	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	2020
65	319	JF Crapp	Hampshire v Kent	Dean Park, Bournemouth	1978
65	294	JW Lloyds	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire	County Ground, Bristol	2020
65	292	H Holmes	Kent v Surrey	The Rectory Field, Blackheath	1899
65	280	JB Hobbs	Glamorgan v England XI	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1948
65	250	DH Tregear	Minor Counties v West Indians	County Ground, Lakenham	1950
65	236	PW Raine	Durham v Surrey	Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, Chester-le-Street	2013
65	224	FH Sugg	Worcestershire v Hampshire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1927
65	221	WE Alley	Warwickshire v Leicestershire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1984
65	210	RW Haynes	Guyana v Barbados	Bourda, Georgetown	1993/94
65	203	DA Elder	Australian XI v The Rest	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1930/31
65	197	M Barnett	Northern Districts v Central Districts	Seddon Park, Hamilton	1957/58
65	164	GS Pennefather	Tasmania v Australian XI	North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston	1929/30
65	155	MJD Bodenham	Derbyshire v Leicestershire	The 3aaa County Ground, Derby	2015
65	154	GH Pope	Northamptonshire v Somerset	County Ground, Northampton	1976
65	150	KE Palmer	Somerset v Lancashire	County Ground, Taunton	2002
65	146	HD Bird	Yorkshire v Warwickshire	Headingley, Leeds	1998
65	145	GI Burgess	Warwickshire v Glamorgan	Edgbaston, Birmingham	2008
65	143	M Gravett	HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Oxford University	The Saffrons, Eastbourne	1930
65	142	AA Mentor	Western Province B v Boland	Boon Wallace Oval, Cape Town	1985/86
65	138	JD Bond	Gloucestershire v Lancashire	The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol	1997
65	129	WFF Price	Surrey v Nottinghamshire	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1967
65	121	DJ Walker	Otago v Auckland	University Oval, Dunedin	2024/25
65	117	SC Gale	Worcestershire v Durham	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	2017
65	116	TE Jesty	Hampshire v Essex	The Ageas Bowl, Southampton	2013
65	110	M Myers	Minor Counties v South Africans	County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent	1912
65	107	WP Butler	Otago v Canterbury	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1936/37
65	104	NVH Riches	Glamorgan v England XI	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	1948
65	93	FH Farrands	Sussex v Oxford University	County Ground, Hove	1900
65	85	PB Wight	Somerset v Middlesex	County Ground, Taunton	1995
65	78	JH Dark	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club	Dripping Pan, Lewes	1860
65	75	PJ Hartley	Yorkshire v Essex	Clifton Park, York	2025
65	71	R Palmer	Somerset v Nottinghamshire	County Ground, Taunton	2007
65	65	AJB Fowler	Kent v Nottinghamshire	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend	1956
65	62	B Dudleston	Hampshire v Warwickshire	The Rose Bowl, Southampton	2010
65	61	JH King	Oxford University v Leicestershire	The University Parks, Oxford	1936
65	55	H Shaw	Derbyshire v Australian Imperial Forces	County Ground, Derby	1919
65	53	MJ Kitchen	Sussex v Kent	County Ground, Hove	2005
65	53	JF Steele	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire	County Ground, Northampton	2011
65	45	Ibrahim Khan	Sukkur v Quetta	Municipal Stadium, Sukkur	1976/77
65	37	B Leadbeater	Yorkshire v Somerset	North Marine Road, Scarborough	2008
65	31	BJ Meyer	Gloucestershire v Lancashire	The Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol	1997
65	24	C Cook	Warwickshire v Sussex	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1986
65	17	R Julian	Leicestershire v Glamorgan	Grace Road, Leicester	2001
65	14	A Clarkson	Nottinghamshire v Essex	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2004
65	13	D Davies	TN Pearce's XI v Australians	North Marine Road, Scarborough	1961
65	13	NT Plews	Surrey v Yorkshire	The Foster's Oval, Kennington	1999

The list shows occurrences of umpires aged 65 years or more

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