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Umpire International Grading 2006
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Umpire Interprovincial Grading
2006
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Mark Hawthorne
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Ian Houston
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Trevor Magee
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Walter Montgomery
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Jimmy McCall
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Jim Morrow
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Peter White
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Paddy O’Hara
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John Boomer (currently retired)
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Ivan Reid
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Keith Smith
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Jim Wiseman
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Ireland Scoring
Panel 2006
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Joy Muir, Roy Parkhill and Murray Power
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Many of our umpiring and a number of
our scoring members have had the honour of being selected to officiate in
International matches, both at home and abroad, many in major tournaments and
others in ‘friendly’ matches. The late Trevor Henry holds the overall record
for standing in 38 internationals, while Paddy O'Hara stood in 36. Murray Power has now scored in over 200
Ireland Internationals, a record which is unlikely to be surpassed due to an Ireland scoring panel now having been established.
Other notable achievements
include Beattie Arlow being selected to represent Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia in 1998. This was the first time that cricket
had been included in the Games. Beattie was selected as the 4th official in
the Bronze Medal Play-off, having already stood in three matches.
Paddy O'Hara had previously been
honoured when he represented Ireland in the ICC Trophy in Kenya in 1994, and was subsequently appointed to
stand in the ICC Trophy Final. This was between Kenya and United Arab Emirates, in Ruaraka Stadium in Nairobi. In the summer of 2000 Paddy also became the
first Irish umpire to stand in a Nat West match not involving Ireland. In the 2001 season Paddy was the nominated Ireland umpire for the ICC trophy in Toronto.
In 2002 season Trevor Henry was the
nominated Ireland umpire in the European Championships, held in Belfast. A number of other NIACUS umpires also
officiated at the European Championships - Peter White, Trevor Magee, Mark
Hawthorne and Jim Wiseman. Joy Muir was selected to score for Ireland, while Roy Parkhill and Jonathan Lyttle scored
for teams who had no scorer with them.
The ICC Trophy was hosted by Ireland in 2005, giving some of our local umpires the
opportunity to stand in warm-up matches and scorers the chance to score for a
variety of teams from Bermuda, USA to Uganda.
However, the highest honour of all was that achieved by the
late Trevor Henry, who was one of only 10 umpires selected for
the inaugural ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires Panel after performing
well at the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series event in Malaysia in
2005. His good performances in important matches in the ICC Trophy and ICC
Intercontinental Cup then earned him an invitation to officiate at the ICC
U/19 Cricket World Cup taking place in Sri
Lanka in February 2006. This was the first time that the ICC
had selected non-Full Member umpires to officiate in this prestigious event
on merit and this was a source of great pride for all those that were close
to Trevor. Sadly Trevor took ill and
was unable to go to Sri Lanka.
He passed away at the time of the U19 World Cup and tributes to him
were paid throughout the world, with Darrel Hair attending his funeral on
behalf of the ICC.
There are now few opportunities for local
umpires to stand in international fixtures as the majority of Ireland’s matches are those to which umpires are
appointed from outside Ireland.
However, 3rd umpire opportunities do still exist and a
number of our umpires have fulfilled this role recently – for example, Trevor Magee, who stood in the
middle for part of an over in the 2006 C&G match against Somerset and
Peter White, who was 3rd umpire in the first ever ODI between
Ireland and England in June 2006.
Fully qualified scorers who can do
the Frindall method of scoring are still sought after to score for Ireland
and for visiting counties who do not bring a scorer with them – for example,
Judith Hewitt from Bangor CC (shown below with Roy Parkhill, Joy Muir and
Keith Smith) got the opportunity to be in the box for the Ireland England ODI
as England did not bring a scorer, while Peter Russell from CSNI CC scored
for the public address announcer so that match details could quickly be
broadcast to the crowd. Press scorers
are also needed for major fixtures, with Roy Parkhill from Carrickfergus CC
often volunteering to carry out this difficult job while Keith Smith is a
regular scoreboard operator for internationals at Stormont.
Here is the list of our umpire
members and the number of Ireland home matches in which they have stood, both in
tournaments and friendly matches (correct as at 1st August 2006):
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Name
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Matches
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1=
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T Henry (deceased)
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14 (38 in total)
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PL O'Hara
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14 (36 in total)
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3
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WB Arlow
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13 (17 in total)
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4
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MAC Moore
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11
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5=
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WD Jones (deceased)
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9
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P White
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9
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7
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GC Archer (deceased)
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8
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8=
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WJ Baxter
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6
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WM Finlay (deceased)
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6
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W McCallan
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6
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11=
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JB Boomer
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5
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P Lunney
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5
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N Petts (deceased)
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5
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PFG Reith (deceased)
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5
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W Taylor
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5
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16
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J Wiseman
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4
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17=
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G England (deceased)
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3
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JA Vaughan
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3
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19=
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RJ Baxter (deceased)
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2
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J Craig
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2
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Major CG Ormsby
(deceased)
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2
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JE McCall
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2
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K Smith
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2
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24=
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E Bruce
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1
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FJ Castell
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1
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WS Long (deceased)
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1
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J McGookin (deceased)
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1
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I Reid (Downpatrick)
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1
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Dr G Talbot
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1
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C Vennard
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1
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