The greatest-ever left-arm finger-spinner

[SJS]

If you told me the year, I might be able to guess.

About the only Umpire who ever comes to mind when "old" (ie, pre-1970s) fellaz are concerned is Frank Chester.

Hint No 1. He is not famous for being an umpire

Hint No 2. He is an Australian.

Hint No 3. Till I saw this picture, I hadn't a clue he had ever umpired in any games at all

 

[JBMAC]

I'll let you play SJS..will not spoil the fun

 

[Richard]

Hint No 1. He is not famous for being an umpire

Hint No 2. He is an Australian.

Hint No 3. Till I saw this picture, I hadn't a clue he had ever umpired in any games at all

Go on, tell me the decade, otherwise there are countless people I could guess and never get it right.

You can't see his face clearly enough to be able to get any clue there.

 

[neville cardus]

Caused too much backache?
A surfeit of cricket bad for Umpires as well as players?
I always knew there were less errors back in t' day!
(Note: this last line isn't entirely ironic. While we can never know for certain how many Umpiring errors there were before cricket got proper coverage - probably around the start of the Nine era - it does seem conceivable to me that there were indeed fewer errors in halycon days)

If the stories of the likes of Bob Thoms and Frank Chester are anything to go by, I'd have to agree.

 

[neville cardus]

Johnny Wardle.
Given that the competition involves such luminaries as David Sincock and Paul Adams... it's really a question that has no right to be asked.
"Least awful left-arm wristspinner" would be a more appropriate question.

George is easily the best I've ever seen.