- Reg Ledwidge
Reginald Ross (Reg) Ledwidge, (born 1922 in
Australia ; died10 December 1977 inSydney, New South Wales ), was an Australian Test cricket match umpire.He umpired 3 Test matches between 1975 and 1977. His first match was between Australia and the West Indies at Perth on
12 December to16 December 1975 , easily won by the visitors by an innings withRoy Fredericks belting 169 runs off 145 balls and Andy Roberts taking 7/54 in an innings. OnlyIan Chappell with 156 on the first innings provided any real resistance. Ledwidge’s partner wasMax O’Connell .His last Test match was between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney on
14 January to18 January 1977 , won by Pakistan by 8 wickets, their first Test victory in Australia, withImran Khan taking 6/102 and 6/63. Ledwidge’s colleague wasTom Brooks .Ledwidge umpired 21 first-class matches in his career between 1972 and November 1977. He took ill and died less than a week before he was due to stand in a Test match against India. "Wisden" described him as “a firm and imperturbable umpire”.
As a player, Ledwidge represented Randwick club in
Sydney Grade Cricket , scoring over 8000 runs and taking over 500 wickets between 1946 and 1961.ee also
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Australian Test Cricket Umpires
*List of test umpires External links
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* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36188/36188.html Cricket Archive]References
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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack , 1979 edition (obituary, p.1092)
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