Douglas Dumbleton

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Douglas Dumbleton
Personal information
Full name
Douglas Philip Dumbleton
Born(1918-04-27)27 April 1918
Wellington, New Zealand
Died4 March 2005(2005-03-04) (aged 86)
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired2 (1963–1964)
Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2013

Douglas Philip Dumbleton (27 April 1918 – 4 March 2005) was a New Zealand cricket umpire from Wellington.[1] He stood in two Test matches at the Basin Reserve in Wellington in 1963 and 1964.[2]

Dumbleton played one first-class match for Wellington in the Plunket Shield in the 1940s. He umpired 17 first-class matches between 1954 and 1969, all but one of them at the Basin Reserve.[3] He was a leading figure in the formation of the New Zealand Umpires' Association, and became its first life member.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Doug Dumbleton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Douglas Dumbleton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Doug Dumbleton as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ Bidwell, Peter. "Wellington Umpiring History". Cricket Wellington Umpires and Scorers Inc. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2021.