Don Oslear was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, in 1929 and joined the first-class panel in 1975 at the age of 46 without any first-class playing experience. He stood in five Test matches between 1980 and 1984 and eight One Day Internationals, including a semi-final of the 1983 World Cup.[1] He umpired 360 first-class matches between 1975 and 1993.[2] Alongside John Holder, he is credited with the idea of a 'bowl-out' to decide a drawn match after the 55-over 1987 Tilcon Trophy final had been washed out by rain. The organisers had ordered them to think of another way of settling the match rather than the traditional and sometimes unpopular means of the toss of a coin. This idea was subsequently adopted into all ECB limited-overs competitions.[3]
oslear, donald, osmund, oslear, march, 1929, 2018, test, cricket, umpire, from, england, oslear, right, standing, next, ajith, pererapersonal, informationfull, namedonald, osmund, oslearborn, 1929, march, 1929cleethorpes, lincolnshire, englanddied10, 2018, 201. Donald Osmund Oslear 3 March 1929 10 May 2018 was a Test cricket umpire from England Don OslearOslear right standing next to Ajith PereraPersonal informationFull nameDonald Osmund OslearBorn 1929 03 03 3 March 1929Cleethorpes Lincolnshire EnglandDied10 May 2018 2018 05 10 aged 89 Grimsby Lincolnshire EnglandUmpiring informationTests umpired5 1980 1984 ODIs umpired8 1980 1984 Source Cricinfo 28 August 2010Don Oslear was born in Cleethorpes Lincolnshire England in 1929 and joined the first class panel in 1975 at the age of 46 without any first class playing experience He stood in five Test matches between 1980 and 1984 and eight One Day Internationals including a semi final of the 1983 World Cup 1 He umpired 360 first class matches between 1975 and 1993 2 Alongside John Holder he is credited with the idea of a bowl out to decide a drawn match after the 55 over 1987 Tilcon Trophy final had been washed out by rain The organisers had ordered them to think of another way of settling the match rather than the traditional and sometimes unpopular means of the toss of a coin This idea was subsequently adopted into all ECB limited overs competitions 3 See also editList of Test cricket umpires List of One Day International cricket umpiresReferences edit Donald Oslear ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 16 May 2014 Don Oslear as Umpire in First Class Matches CricketArchive Retrieved 9 February 2018 Player profile John Holder ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 5 September 2023 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Oslear amp oldid 1174031288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
