Mervyn Kitchen

Mervyn Kitchen

Personal information
Full name	Mervyn John Kitchen
Born	1 August 1940 (1940-08-01) (age 71) Nailsea, Somerset, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Umpire, Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1960–1979	Somerset
First-class debut	28 May 1960 Somerset v Middlesex
Last First-class	23 June 1979 Somerset v Cambridge University
List A debut	22 May 1963 Somerset v Glamorgan
Last List A	17 June 1979 Somerset v Essex
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	20 (1990–2000)
ODIs umpired	28 (1983–2001)
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	354	172
Runs scored	15230	3388
Batting average	26.25	22.43
100s/50s	17/68	1/12
Top score	189	116
Balls bowled	181	125
Wickets	2	5
Bowling average	54.50	19.40
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/4	2/34
Catches/stumpings	157/–	52/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 October 2009

Mervyn John Kitchen (born 1 August 1940 in Nailsea, Somerset), is a former English first-class cricketer and international umpire.^[1] In his playing days he was a left-handed batsman for Somerset County Cricket Club, making 15,230 runs in his 354 first-class games between 1960 and 1979. He topped the Somerset averages in 1966 and 1968.

He went on to umpire in 20 Test matches and 28 One-Day Internationals before retiring in 2005.

Background and early cricket career

Somerset regular

Umpiring

Personal life

References

1. ^ "Mervyn Kitchen". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3668/3668.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 

Persondata
Name	Kitchen, Mervyn
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 August 1940
Place of birth	Nailsea, Somerset
Date of death
Place of death