Alfred John Atfield was a first class cricketer and test match umpire [1]. Born in Kent in 1868, he made 8 first class appearances for Gloucestershire, London County, M.C.C., Natal and Transvaal as a right-handed batsman and right arm medium bowler with modest returns. He umpired 8 test matches in South Africa [2], including 4 tests on M.C.C.'s tour of 1910 and 4 on their visit of 1913/14 . He died in Surrey in 1949.