Bill Copeland

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William John (Bill) Copeland, (born 16 August 1929 at Warrnambool, Victoria), was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Victoria.

He umpired 1 Test match in 1980 between Australia and England at Sydney on 4 January to 8 January 1980, a low-scoring game with bowlers Dennis Lillee, Geoff Dymock, and Len Pascoe giving Australia a victory by 6 wickets, after a number of controversial decisions went against England. Copeland’s partner was Robin Bailhache.

Copeland umpired one one-day international (ODI) match in December 1979. In January 1979 he umpired one women’s Test match. Altogether, he umpired 14 first-class matches in his career between 1973 and 1980, the Test match being his last.

Off the field Copeland was a member of the Victorian police force.