After playing club cricket in Sydney as a bowler, Herb Elphinston took up umpiring in the 1930s.[2] He umpired 45 first-class matches between 1945 and 1954, most of them in Sydney. He umpired ten Test matches between 1948 and 1953.[3] His first Test was between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 January to 5 January 1948, a match comfortably won by Australia with Don Bradman scoring a century in each innings. Elphinston's partner in this match was Andy Barlow. His last Test was between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 January to 13 January 1953, where the home team won by an innings with Neil Harvey scoring 190 and Ray Lindwall taking 8 wickets. Mel McInnes was Elphinston's partner in this match.[4]
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]
herb, elphinston, herbert, alfred, rhys, elphinston, february, 1905, leichhardt, sydney, july, 1966, forestville, sydney, australian, test, cricket, umpire, contents, umpiring, career, outside, cricket, also, references, external, linksumpiring, career, editaf. Herbert Alfred Rhys Elphinston 25 February 1905 at Leichhardt Sydney 8 July 1966 at Forestville Sydney was an Australian Test cricket umpire 1 Contents 1 Umpiring career 2 Outside cricket 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksUmpiring career editAfter playing club cricket in Sydney as a bowler Herb Elphinston took up umpiring in the 1930s 2 He umpired 45 first class matches between 1945 and 1954 most of them in Sydney He umpired ten Test matches between 1948 and 1953 3 His first Test was between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 January to 5 January 1948 a match comfortably won by Australia with Don Bradman scoring a century in each innings Elphinston s partner in this match was Andy Barlow His last Test was between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 January to 13 January 1953 where the home team won by an innings with Neil Harvey scoring 190 and Ray Lindwall taking 8 wickets Mel McInnes was Elphinston s partner in this match 4 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 editElphinston 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 editList of test umpiresReferences edit 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 External links editHerb Elphinston at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herb Elphinston amp oldid 1037411329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
