David Shepherd (umpire)
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Not to be confused with David Sheppard or David Shepard (cricketer).
David Robert Shepherd MBE (27 December 1940 – 27 October 2009[1]) was a first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Gloucestershire, and later became one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, the most for any English umpire. He also umpired 172 ODIs, including three consecutive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 2003.
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Full name | David Robert Shepherd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1940-12-27)27 December 1940 Bideford, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 October 2009(2009-10-27) (aged 68) Instow, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Shep | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1965–1979 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 92 (1985–2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 172 (1983–2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 September 2007 |
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