John Holder (umpire)
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John Wakefield Holder (born 19 March 1945) is a Barbadian-born English former first-class cricketer and international cricket umpire. Holder was born in Barbados at Saint George. Following the completion of his education, he emigrated to England in search of work with London Transport. After impressing in club cricket in London, Holder began playing county cricket for Hampshire as a fast-medium bowler, in a first-class county career which lasted from 1968 to 1972. After being forced to retire from professional cricket due to injury, Holder became an umpire at domestic and international level. He would stand as an umpire in both Test and One Day International cricket from 1988 to 2001. Holder retired from umpiring in 2009, having stood in over 400 first-class and List A one-day matches apiece. As of 2024, he remains the only non-white English umpire in nearly 150 years of Test cricket.
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Full name | John Wakefield Holder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1945-03-19) 19 March 1945 (age 79) Saint George, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Hod[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968–1972 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974/75 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 11 (1988–2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 19 (1988–2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC umpired | 421 (1982–2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA umpired | 449 (1982–2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20 umpired | 41 (2003–2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2023 |