Ric Evans
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Richard James Evans, was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Western Australia
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He umpired 3 Test matches
between 1989 and 1990. His first match was between Australia
and the West Indies
at Adelaide
on 3 February to 7 February 1989, a drawn match on a batting pitch too good for a result. Dean Jones
scored 216 in Australia’s first innings of 515, and Mike Whitney
took 7/89 in the West Indies’ reply. Evans’ partner, as in all his matches, was Peter McConnell
. Wisden
(1990 ed., pp. 976-8) thought that “obdurate umpiring made it a contentious, albeit interesting, match” where “each day brought disputed decisions”. Several players showed “unconcealed dissent”, and after the game the captains “considered it ill-advised of the Australian Board to have appointed one umpire (Evans) to such an important Test match when he had not stood in one before”.
Evans’ last Test match was between Australia and Pakistan
at Melbourne
on 12 January to 16 January 1990, won by Australia by 92 runs with only 22 minutes left. Mark Taylor
scored a century, Terry Alderman
took 8 wickets, and Merv Hughes
6 wickets. Six LBW decisions went Australia’s way in Pakistan’s second innings and this, said Wisden
(1991 ed., pp. 1034-5), “brought a good match to a somewhat contentious conclusion”.
Evans umpired 17 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1988 and 1994. Altogether, he umpired 47 first-class matches in his career between 1984 and 1997.
Ric has just recently resigned from the WA Cricket Association as Umpire Manager to take up an umpire high performance role with Cricket Australia
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Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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He umpired 3 Test matches
Test cricket
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between 1989 and 1990. His first match was between Australia
Australian cricket team
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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 Adelaide
Adelaide Oval
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on 3 February to 7 February 1989, a drawn match on a batting pitch too good for a result. Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...
scored 216 in Australia’s first innings of 515, and Mike Whitney
Mike Whitney
Michael Roy Whitney is an Australian television personality and former cricketer, who played in 12 Tests and 38 ODIs from 1981 to 1993....
took 7/89 in the West Indies’ reply. Evans’ partner, as in all his matches, was Peter McConnell
Peter McConnell (umpire)
Peter John McConnell, , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Western Australia.He umpired 22 Test matches between 1983 and 1992...
. Wisden
Wisden
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
(1990 ed., pp. 976-8) thought that “obdurate umpiring made it a contentious, albeit interesting, match” where “each day brought disputed decisions”. Several players showed “unconcealed dissent”, and after the game the captains “considered it ill-advised of the Australian Board to have appointed one umpire (Evans) to such an important Test match when he had not stood in one before”.
Evans’ last Test match was between Australia and Pakistan
Pakistani cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....
at Melbourne
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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on 12 January to 16 January 1990, won by Australia by 92 runs with only 22 minutes left. Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor (cricketer)
Mark Anthony Taylor, AO is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border...
scored a century, Terry Alderman
Terry Alderman
Terence Michael Alderman is a former Australian cricketer.He began his first-class career in 1974 with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and came to international prominence when he was chosen for the Australian national team to tour England in 1981...
took 8 wickets, and Merv Hughes
Merv Hughes
Mervyn Gregory Hughes is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in...
6 wickets. Six LBW decisions went Australia’s way in Pakistan’s second innings and this, said Wisden
Wisden
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
(1991 ed., pp. 1034-5), “brought a good match to a somewhat contentious conclusion”.
Evans umpired 17 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1988 and 1994. Altogether, he umpired 47 first-class matches in his career between 1984 and 1997.
Ric has just recently resigned from the WA Cricket Association as Umpire Manager to take up an umpire high performance role with Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket...
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