James Orr (umpire)
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James Patrick Orr was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired one Test match
in 1931 between Australia
and the West Indies
at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground
on 16 January to 20 January 1931. Australia won by an innings with Don Bradman scoring 223, Bill Ponsford
a century, and Clarrie Grimmett
taking 9 wickets for the match. Orr's partner, Arthur Wyeth
, was also standing in his only Test match.
He umpired one 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...
in 1931 between Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
and the West Indies
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,...
at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Brisbane Exhibition Ground
The Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...
on 16 January to 20 January 1931. Australia won by an innings with Don Bradman scoring 223, Bill Ponsford
Bill Ponsford
William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...
a century, and Clarrie Grimmett
Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin,...
taking 9 wickets for the match. Orr's partner, Arthur Wyeth
Arthur Wyeth
Arthur Edwin Wyeth was a cricket Test match umpire.He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground on 16 January to 20 January 1931...
, was also standing in his only Test match.