- George Borwick (umpire)
George Eric Borwick (
2 April 1896 at Pyrmont,New South Wales –1 August 1981 atHornsby, New South Wales ) was a cricket Test match umpire.He umpired twenty-four Test matches, between 1931 and 1948. He made his debut in the second Test match played between Australia and the West Indies, played at Sydney on
1 January to5 January 1931 . In this match Borwick was partnered by another debutant umpire,Walter French .Borwick’s last match was played between Australia and India, played at Adelaide on
23 January to28 January 1948 . In this match, in spite of a century in each innings byVijay Hazare , Australia won by an innings with Bradman scoring a double century. Borwick’s partner in this match wasRon Wright , standing in his first match.Moyes remarked that Borwick had the confidence of all Australian players and “ranks among the best we have seen”. Standing in all the ‘
Bodyline ’ Tests withGeorge Hele , Borwick was later critical of the tactics of England’sCaptain,Douglas Jardine .ee also
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Australian Test cricket umpires
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References
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Moyes, A. G. , ‘’Australian Cricket: A History’’, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959.
*Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack , 1982 edition (obituary)
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