Thomas Bartley (cricket umpire)

Thomas John Bartley (19 March 1908 – 2 April 1964) was a Test match umpire.[1]

Born in Northop Hall in Flintshire, Tom Bartley represented Cheshire in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship from 1933 to 1939 and played for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire League in 1946.[2] He was one of the best fast bowlers in Liverpool league cricket, taking all 10 wickets once and nine wickets in an innings nine times.[3]

He made his most notable contribution to cricket as an umpire. He stood in 321 matches of first-class cricket from 1948 to 1960, including six home Tests against Pakistan, South Africa and Australia from 1954 to 1956.[4]

References

1. "Thomas Bartley as Umpire in Test Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
2. "Tom Bartley". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
3. Wisden 1965, p. 963.
4. "Thomas Bartley as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

• Preston, Norman, ed. (1965). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965. John Wisden.