Charles Richardson (umpire)
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Charles Edward Richardson (1853 - 26 February 1925) was an English
cricket
er and Test match
umpire
.
Richardson was born in England. He played as a batsman and bowler in 14 matches for Leicestershire
from 1875 to 1898, before it was a first-class
county, including several with more the eleven Leicestershire players.
He stood as umpire in County Championship
matches from 1897 to 1914. He also umpired the Gentlemen v Players
match at the Oval
in July 1914.
He umpired two Test matches: the 2nd and 5th Ashes
Tests in 1902, the first with Valentine Titchmarsh
and the second with Archibald White
. The 2nd Test at Lord's was ruined by rain after less than 2 hours play on the first day. The 5th Test at the Oval
became known as "Jessop's match" due to the heroic batting of England's Gilbert Jessop
. Having been set 263 to win, Jessop came to the crease with England at 48 for 5. He scored his first 50 runs in 43 minutes and reached his century in 75 minutes. He was eventually dismissed after 77 minutes for 104, which included 17 fours and an all-run five. Many of the fours had well cleared the boundary, but the laws of cricket in 1902 meant that to obtain six runs the ball had to be hit out of the ground. One of these "fours" was caught on the players' balcony. A newspaper managed to keep a detailed record of his innings, which shows that Jessop reached his hundred off 76 balls - one of the fastest Test centuries of all time. England won by 1 wicket.
He umpired one final first-class match between Leicestershire and the touring West Indians
in 1923. He died in Leicester
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
umpire
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
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Richardson was born in England. He played as a batsman and bowler in 14 matches for Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
from 1875 to 1898, before it was a first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
county, including several with more the eleven Leicestershire players.
He stood as umpire in County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
matches from 1897 to 1914. He also umpired the Gentlemen v Players
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
match at the Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
in July 1914.
He umpired two Test matches: the 2nd and 5th Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
Tests in 1902, the first with Valentine Titchmarsh
Valentine Titchmarsh
Valentine Adolphus Titchmarsh was a first-class cricketer and Test match umpire. Born in 1853 in Hertfordshire, he played 8 matches for Marylebone Cricket Club and others between 1885 and 1891 as a right arm quick bowler and left handed batsman. His best haul, 5 for 69, came against Cambridge...
and the second with Archibald White
Archibald White
Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Bart was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1911 to 1914. He led the team to the County Championship title in 1912...
. The 2nd Test at Lord's was ruined by rain after less than 2 hours play on the first day. The 5th Test at the Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
became known as "Jessop's match" due to the heroic batting of England's Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known, he was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898.Relations...
. Having been set 263 to win, Jessop came to the crease with England at 48 for 5. He scored his first 50 runs in 43 minutes and reached his century in 75 minutes. He was eventually dismissed after 77 minutes for 104, which included 17 fours and an all-run five. Many of the fours had well cleared the boundary, but the laws of cricket in 1902 meant that to obtain six runs the ball had to be hit out of the ground. One of these "fours" was caught on the players' balcony. A newspaper managed to keep a detailed record of his innings, which shows that Jessop reached his hundred off 76 balls - one of the fastest Test centuries of all time. England won by 1 wicket.
He umpired one final first-class match between Leicestershire and the touring West Indians
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
in 1923. He died in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
.