Whitehead stood in all three Test matches in that series against India. In the third match, at Melbourne, India won by 59 runs, in spite of nearly forfeiting the match. Whitehead gave the Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar out LBW at a critical point in the match, but the batsman indicated he had edged the ball and reluctantly started to leave the field. Gavaskar urged his partner Chetan Chauhan to follow him. The Indian team manager intervened before Chauhan had left the field, ordering him to continue, and the match resumed. Wisden (1982 ed.) described the event as “a dreadful scene”, saying that “such a bizarre incident … brought controversy over the umpiring to a head”. Gavaskar later claimed he ordered Chauhan to join him in leaving the field in response to a racist remark made by Lillee, but there was no evidence to suggest this was true.[citation needed]
Whitehead's last Test match was between Australia and England at Melbourne on 26 December to 30 December 1982, a remarkable match won by England by 3 runs only after a valiant 10th wicket partnership of 70 runs between Allan Border and Jeff Thomson was ended by a juggled catch. Whitehead's colleague was Tony Crafter.
Whitehead umpired 14 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1979 and 1983. In 1979, he umpired one women's Test match. Altogether, he umpired 15 first-class matches in his career between 1979 and 1983.
whitehead, vernon, whitehead, october, 1948, june, 2014, australian, test, cricket, match, umpire, from, victoria, umpired, test, matches, between, 1981, 1982, first, match, between, australia, india, sydney, january, january, 1981, australia, innings, runs, w. Rex Vernon Whitehead 26 October 1948 26 June 2014 was an Australian Test cricket match umpire from Victoria 1 He umpired 4 Test matches between 1981 and 1982 His first match was between Australia and India at Sydney on 2 January to 4 January 1981 won by Australia by an innings and 4 runs with Greg Chappell scoring 204 and Dennis Lillee and Len Pascoe taking 13 wickets Whitehead s partner was Mel Johnson Whitehead stood in all three Test matches in that series against India In the third match at Melbourne India won by 59 runs in spite of nearly forfeiting the match Whitehead gave the Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar out LBW at a critical point in the match but the batsman indicated he had edged the ball and reluctantly started to leave the field Gavaskar urged his partner Chetan Chauhan to follow him The Indian team manager intervened before Chauhan had left the field ordering him to continue and the match resumed Wisden 1982 ed described the event as a dreadful scene saying that such a bizarre incident brought controversy over the umpiring to a head Gavaskar later claimed he ordered Chauhan to join him in leaving the field in response to a racist remark made by Lillee but there was no evidence to suggest this was true citation needed Whitehead s last Test match was between Australia and England at Melbourne on 26 December to 30 December 1982 a remarkable match won by England by 3 runs only after a valiant 10th wicket partnership of 70 runs between Allan Border and Jeff Thomson was ended by a juggled catch Whitehead s colleague was Tony Crafter Whitehead umpired 14 One Day International ODI matches between 1979 and 1983 In 1979 he umpired one women s Test match Altogether he umpired 15 first class matches in his career between 1979 and 1983 See also editList of Test cricket umpires List of One Day International cricket umpiresReferences edit Rex Whitehead ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 16 May 2014 External links editRex Whitehead at ESPNcricinfo Rex Whitehead at CricketArchive subscription required Rex Whitehead passes away aged 65 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rex Whitehead amp oldid 1175830657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
