List of Test cricket umpires

This is a list of cricket umpires who have officiated at least one Test match. The number of Tests that each has officiated is complete to 3 August 2010. Current members of the current Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, appointed by the International Cricket Council to officiate in Test matches and One Day Internationals, are shown in bold. Current members of the International Panel of Umpires and Referees, who may also be called upon to officiate in Test matches in busy cricketing years, are marked with a dagger (†).

Umpire Country Tests From To
Ellis Achong  West Indies 1 1954 1954
H. V. Adams  South Africa 2 1921 1928
Akhtar Hussain  Pakistan 3 1959 1969
Javed Akhtar  Pakistan 18 1980 1998
A. F. M. Akhtaruddin  Bangladesh 2 2001 2002
Brian Aldridge  New Zealand 26 1986 1995
Bill Alley  England 10 1974 1981
George Allsop  South Africa 1 1896 1896
Amanullah Khan  Pakistan 13 1975 1987
Amiesh Saheba  India 3 2008 2009
Ignatius Anandappa  Sri Lanka 3 1992 1993
William Anderson  South Africa 2 1961 1961
Basil Anthony  Sri Lanka 1 1983 1983
David Archer  West Indies 28 1981 1992
Philip Argall  Australia 7 1902 1908
Henry Armstrong  Australia 1 1931 1931
Bill Ashdown  England 3 1949 1950
Richard Ashman  South Africa 14 1935 1950
Alfred Atfield  England 8 1910 1914
Athar Zaidi  Pakistan 8 1990 2002
G. Ayling  India 1 1956 1956
Jack Badley  West Indies 1 1930 1930
Robin Bailhache  Australia 27 1974 1988
Charles Bain  West Indies 1 1965 1965
Herbert Baldwin  England 9 1946 1953
Sunil Banerjee  India 1 1964 1964
Charles Bannerman  Australia 12 1887 1902
Shyam Bansal  India 6 1993 2001
Kevan Barbour  Zimbabwe 4 1999 2001
Lloyd Barker  West Indies 29 1984 1997
Andrew Barlow  Australia 11 1931 1951
Dick Barlow  England 1 1899 1899
Thomas Bartley  England 6 1954 1956
L. M. Baxter  South Africa 4 1964 1966
George Beet snr.  England 1 1946 1946
Mark Benson  England 27 2004 2009
Billy Bestwick  England 3 1929 1930
Gordon Beves  South Africa 1 1896 1896
S. K. Bhattacharya  India 2 1964 1969
Harold "Dickie" Bird  England 66 1973 1996
Jack Birkenshaw  England 2 1986 1988
A. Birkett  South Africa 2 1957 1958
J. G. Blackman  West Indies 1 1935 1935
George Borwick  Australia 24 1931 1948
S. R. Bose  India 1 1983 1983
Billy Bowden  New Zealand 61 2000
Len Braund  England 3 1926 1929
Bruce Bricknell  New Zealand 1 1982 1982
E. G. Brook  New Zealand 1 1951 1951
Tom Brooks  Australia 23 1970 1978
J. M. A. Brown  New Zealand 2 1963 1964
Steve Bucknor  West Indies 128 1989 2009
Lloyd Budd  England 4 1976 1978
Syd Buller  England 33 1956 1969
T. W. Burgess  New Zealand 1 1933 1933
Perry Burke  West Indies 6 1954 1960
Sam Burke  West Indies 3 1935 1953
D. C. Burns  New Zealand 1 1964 1964
Robert Burrows  England 1 1926 1926
William Butler  New Zealand 2 1930 1932
Harry Butt  England 6 1921 1926
Dooland Buultjens  Sri Lanka 3 1984 1986
Richard Callaway  Australia 3 1901 1902
John Carlin  England 4 1905 1909
Robert Carpenter  England 2 1886 1888
H. B. Cassie  New Zealand 1 1964 1964
K. H. Cave  New Zealand 6 1930 1933
Arthur Chester  England 1 1896 1896
Frank Chester  England 48 1924 1955
Harry Chidgey  England 1 1926 1926
S. R. Chinu  Bangladesh 1 2001 2001
Habib Choudhury  India 4 1960 1964
Leslie Clark  New Zealand 2 1956 1956
C. Clements  England 1 1893 1893
P. Coady  Australia 1 1879 1879
Thomas Cobcroft  Australia 3 1930 1930
Arthur Cocks  Australia 1 1951 1951
C. M. P. Coetzee  South Africa 3 1970 1970
R. Cole  West Indies 1 1962 1962
Tom Nicholas Cole  Australia 1 1884 1884
Alfred Coleman  England 2 1947 1947
J. C. Collings  South Africa 9 1931 1936
Dal Collins  South Africa 10 1949 1962
Jack Collins  Australia 5 1973 1975
Stanley Collins  South Africa 1 1954 1954
David Constant  England 36 1971 1988
Ernest Cooke  England 1 1948 1948
George Cooper  Australia 2 1948 1950
B. C. Cooray  Sri Lanka 21 1992 2001
C. D. Coote  South Africa 1 1953 1953
Bill Copeland  Australia 1 1980 1980
D. E. A. Copps  New Zealand 13 1965 1977
Sam Cosstick  Australia 1 1877 1877
V. J. Costello  South Africa 6 1957 1965
George Coulthard  Australia 2 1879 1882
Doug Cowie  New Zealand 22 1995 2002
Jack Cowie  New Zealand 3 1956 1959
Tony Crafter  Australia 33 1979 1992
Jack Crapp  England 4 1964 1965
William Creese  South Africa 1 1902 1902
Bob Crockett  Australia 32 1901 1925
Peter Cronin  Australia 1 1980 1980
Clyde Cumberbatch  West Indies 12 1981 1995
William Curran  Australia 2 1910 1911
R. G. Currie  New Zealand 2 1953 1955
Aleem Dar  Pakistan 66 2003
J. Da Silva  West Indies 1 1948 1948
Daud Khan  Pakistan 14 1955 1973
Dai Davies  England 22 1947 1958
Emrys Davies  England 9 1956 1959
Owen Davies  West Indies 3 1962 1965
Steve Davis  Australia 25 1997
Asoka de Silva  Sri Lanka 46 2000
C. R. Deare  South Africa 1 1889 1889
Charles Dench  England 1 1909 1909
D. D. Desai  India 3 1955 1956
Wilf Diedricks  South Africa 1 1992 1992
Billy Doctrove  West Indies 29 2000
Arthur Dolphin  England 6 1933 1937
Dara Dotiwalla  India 6 1982 1987
George Edward Downs  Australia 1 1892 1892
Henry Draper  England 1 1893 1893
James Draper  South Africa 5 1964 1970
D. T. Drew  South Africa 3 1950 1954
Barry Dudleston  England 2 1991 1992
Douglas Dumbleton  New Zealand 2 1963 1964
Clyde Duncan†  West Indies 2 1991 1994
Steve Dunne  New Zealand 39 1989 2002
Colin Egar  Australia 29 1960 1969
Dave Elder  Australia 12 1911 1929
Charlie Elliott  England 42 1957 1974
Ted Elliott  Australia 7 1882 1885
Harry Elliott  England 7 1950 1953
Herbert Elphinstone  Australia 10 1948 1953
Peter Enright  Australia 3 1973 1974
Marais Erasmus  South Africa 2 2010
David Evans  England 9 1981 1985
Ric Evans  Australia 3 1989 1990
Tom Ewart  West Indies 7 1948 1958
Arthur Fagg  England 18 1967 1975
Frank Farrands  England 7 1884 1888
Desmond Fell  South Africa 1 1961 1961
Alane Felsinger  Sri Lanka 1 1986 1986
Herbi Felsinger  Sri Lanka 6 1982 1986
Feroze Butt  Pakistan 1 1990 1990
Isaac Fisher  Australia 1 1884 1884
Tom Flynn  Australia 4 1892 1895
J. T. Forrester  New Zealand 2 1932 1933
Campbell Foster  West Indies 1 1948 1948
K. T. Francis  Sri Lanka 25 1982 1999
Dick French  Australia 19 1977 1987
Walter French  Australia 2 1931 1931
Bharaib Ganguli  India 5 1982 1985
Santosh Ganguli  India 10 1956 1965
W. R. C. Gardiner  New Zealand 9 1974 1980
Clement Garing  Australia 1 1925 1925
Johnny Gayle  West Indies 3 1972 1986
Nadeem Ghauri  Pakistan 5 2005 2006
Jibon Ghosh  India 4 1979 1986
Sunit Ghosh  India 2 1988 1988
G. D. Gibbon  South Africa 1 1962 1962
Wing Gillette  West Indies 5 1948 1958
Gunther Goldman  South Africa 2 1967 1970
Gerry Gomez  West Indies 1 1965 1965
Fred Goodall  New Zealand 24 1965 1988
Nelson Gooneratne  Sri Lanka 1 1985 1985
Quintin Goosen  Zimbabwe 1 1995 1995
I. Gopalakrishnan  India 7 1961 1969
Ralph Gosein  West Indies 25 1965 1978
Madhav Gothoskar  India 14 1973 1983
Ian Gould  England 14 2008
H. W. Gourlay  New Zealand 1 1946 1946
Kenneth Grant  West Indies 1 1930 1930
Laurie Gray  England 2 1955 1963
Luke Greenwood  England 1 1882 1882
F. W. Grey  South Africa 10 1910 1922
Victor Guillen  West Indies 2 1935 1948
Ram Gupta  India 11 1986 1988
M. Y. Gupte  India 1 1985 1985
W. J. C. Gwynne  New Zealand 3 1956 1966
Darrell Hair  Australia 78 1992 2008
John Hampshire  England 21 1989 2002
William Hannah  Australia 4 1907 1911
SN Hanumantha Rao  India 9 1978 1983
Joe Hardstaff Sr.  England 21 1928 1935
Krishna Hariharan  India 2 2005 2006
Daryl Harper  Australia 90 1998 2011
JC Harris  New Zealand 4 1952 1956
SL Harris  South Africa 4 1910 1923
JV Hart-Davis  South Africa 4 1948 1950
Mick Harvey  Australia 2 1979 1980
John Hastie  New Zealand 7 1974 1981
William Hearne  England 4 1893 1902
Frank Hearne  South Africa 6 1899 1906
George Hele  Australia 16 1928 1933
B Henderson  West Indies 1 1948 1948
John Hickson  England 1 1889 1889
Arthur Hide  England 1 1899 1889
John Higgins  England 1 1934 1934
Ian Higginson  New Zealand 1 1983 1983
Allen Hill  England 1 1890 1890
Tony Hill  New Zealand 18 2001
RDR Hill  West Indies 1 1930 1930
Joe Hills  England 1 1947 1947
Bill Hitch  England 4 1933 1935
George Hodges  Australia 1 1885 1885
John Holder  England 11 1988 2001
Ian Howell  South Africa 9 2001 2007
Col Hoy  Australia 9 1954 1961
Idris Beg  Pakistan 9 1955 1969
Ikram Rabbani  Pakistan 1 1991 1991
Ray Isherwood  Australia 3 1984 1985
Stuart Ishmael  West Indies 2 1971 1974
Bertice Jacelon  West Indies 2 1962 1962
Arani Jayaprakash  India 13 1997 2002
Albert Jelley  New Zealand 1 1956 1956
Arthur Jenkins  Australia 1 1930 1930
Arthur Jepson  England 4 1966 1969
Brian Jerling  South Africa 4 2006 2006
C John  West Indies 2 1953 1953
Mel Johnson  Australia 21 1980 1987
LC Johnston  New Zealand 1 1963 1963
Alfred Jones  Australia 7 1903 1929
Cortez Jordan  West Indies 22 1953 1974
Bapu Joshi  India 12 1949 1965
Kantilal Kanjee  Zimbabwe 4 1992 1994
Khalid Aziz  Pakistan 3 1978 1992
Khizer Hayat  Pakistan 34 1980 1996
Hayward Kidson  South Africa 11 1961 1967
Albert King  South Africa 3 1931 1931
Christopher King  New Zealand 3 1993 1997
Len King  Australia 6 1989 1993
David Kinsella  New Zealand 3 1981 1983
Cecil Kippins  West Indies 10 1958 1973
Swaroop Kishen  India 17 1978 1984
Mervyn Kitchen  England 20 1990 2000
Enos Knibbs  West Indies 2 1930 1930
Rudi Koertzen  South Africa 108 1992 2010
SB Kulkarni  India 1 1990 1990
SV Kumaraswamy  India 1 1961 1961
James Laing  Australia 1 1908 1908
Barry Lambson  South Africa 5 1992 1995
John Langridge  England 7 1960 1963
A. G. Laver  South Africa 10 1921 1928
J. Leaney  South Africa 1 1892 1892
Reg Ledwidge  Australia 3 1975 1977
Frank Lee  England 29 1949 1962
Eric Lee Kow  West Indies 9 1953 1960
Karl Liebenberg  South Africa 9 1992 1995
James Lillywhite (jnr)  England 6 1882 1899
Nigel Llong  England 8 2008 2009
Sandy Lloyd  West Indies 3 1958 1960
Jeremy Lloyds  England 5 2004 2005
ECA MacKintosh  New Zealand 8 1964 1973
Alan Mackley  Australia 1 1963 1963
Mahboob Shah  Pakistan 28 1975 1997
Mahbubur Rahman  Bangladesh 1 2002 2002
BV Malan  South Africa 6 1950 1957
Wesley Malcolm  West Indies 2 1978 1983
Neil Mallender  England 3 2003 2004
AM Mamsa  India 6 1964 1973
Peter Manuel  Sri Lanka 11 1993 2002
Wilhelm Marais  South Africa 5 1956 1958
Bruce Martin  Australia 1 1985 1985
WT Martin  New Zealand 15 1963 1973
Masood Salahuddin  Pakistan 1 1955 1955
Okey McCabe  South Africa 1 1953 1953
Peter McConnell  Australia 22 1983 1992
Rodger McHarg  New Zealand 3 1986 1991
Mel McInnes  Australia 16 1951 1959
J McLellan  New Zealand 3 1951 1955
JH McMenamin  South Africa 4 1956 1958
Tony McQuillan  Australia 1 1993 1993
Patrick McShane  Australia 1 1885 1885
Rajan Mehra  India 2 1986 1987
Badge Menzies  West Indies 1 1954 1954
Barrie Meyer  England 26 1978 1993
Mian Mohammad Aslam  Pakistan 8 1984 2001
Audley Miller  England 2 1896 1896
Arthur Millward  England 2 1907 1921
Cyril Mitchley  South Africa 26 1992 2000
Mohammad Aslam  Pakistan 3 1973 1977
Mohammad Ghouse  India 8 1976 1979
Mohammad Gulzar Mir  Pakistan 1 1969 1969
Mohammad Nazir  Pakistan 4 1997 2000
Mohammad Yunus  Pakistan 5 1958 1965
Sadique Mohammed  West Indies 3 1981 1986
Balkrishna Mohoni  India 11 1949 1956
Josh Monaghan  Australia 1 2008 2008
Robert Monteith  New Zealand 6 1974 1979
OR Montgomery  New Zealand 1 1947 1947
George Morris  New Zealand 4 1985 1987
Arthur Morton  England 1 1928 1928
John Moss  England 11 1902 1921
Munawar Hussain  Pakistan 5 1959 1969
Murawwat Hussain  Pakistan 1 1959 1959
Thomas Mycroft  England 2 1899 1902
Noshirvan Nagarwala  India 5 1952 1960
M. V. Nagendra  India 11 1964 1977
M. M. Naidu  India 1 1951 1951
Dattatraya Naik  India 1 1948 1948
A. L. Narasimhan  India 1 1994 1994
David Narine  West Indies 3 1983 1985
Eddie Nicholls  West Indies 17 1997 2001
Max O’Connell  Australia 19 1971 1980
Thomas Oates  England 5 1928 1930
Buddy Oldfield  England 2 1960 1962
Dave Orchard  South Africa 44 1995 2004
James Orr  Australia 1 1931 1931
Donald Oslear  England 5 1980 1984
ES Page  South Africa 1 1928 1928
WP Page  New Zealand 1 1932 1932
Ken Palmer  England 22 1978 1994
Roy Palmer  England 2 1992 1993
Sambhu Pan  India 9 1961 1969
Peter Parker  Australia 10 1993 2008
Frederick Parris  England 1 1909 1909
Stanton Parris  West Indies 5 1974 1983
G Parry  South Africa 2 1962 1962
WR Parry  England 5 1928 1930
K Parthasarathy  India 2 1994 1998
Jamshed Patel  India 9 1948 1958
Frederick Payne  South Africa 1 1954 1954
John Payne  Australia 1 1885 1885
Cleophas Paynter  West Indies 1 1977 1977
Terry Pearce  New Zealand 3 1952 1956
MF Pengelly  New Zealand 4 1946 1952
Camillus Perera  Sri Lanka 1 1986 1986
Jim Phillips  Australia 29 1885 1906
William Phillips  England 2 1921 1921
Eddie Phillipson  England 12 1958 1965
Nigel Plews  England 11 1988 1995
Selliah Ponnadurai  Sri Lanka 3 1985 1993
Fred Price  England 8 1964 1967
Terry Prue  Australia 9 1988 1994
Charles Pullin  England 10 1884 1893
Ram Punjabi  India 7 1979 1981
Qamaruddin Butt  Pakistan 1 1965 1965
Dave Quested  New Zealand 5 1995 2001
Amjad Qureshi  Pakistan 2 1959 1959
SK Raghunatha Rao  India 7 1961 1967
V Rajagopal  India 1 1969 1969
TA Ramachandran  India 1 1948 1948
Kasturi Ramaswami  India 8 1976 1983
VK Ramaswamy  India 26 1985 1999
SR Ramchandra Rao  India 1 1987 1987
Steve Randell  Australia 36 1984 1998
RS Rathore  India 2 1990 1993
Asad Rauf  Pakistan 38 2005
Henry Rawlinson  Australia 1 1887 1887
Courtenay Reece  West Indies 1 1935 1935
Bill Reeves  England 5 1924 1939
Curtis Reid  Australia 1 1877 1877
J Reid  South Africa 1 1923 1923
Pilloo Reporter  India 14 1984 1993
Judah Reuben  India 10 1969 1977
Albert Rhodes  England 8 1963 1973
Riazuddin  Pakistan 12 1990 2002
Joseph Richards  Australia 1 1931 1931
Walter Richards  England 10 1899 1912
Arthur Richardson  Australia 2 1935 1935
Charles Richardson  England 2 1902 1902
Jackie Roberts  West Indies 2 1960 1962
Emmott Robinson  England 1 1938 1938
Ian Robinson  Zimbabwe 28 1992 2001
Toby Rollox  West Indies 1 1953 1953
WJ Routledge  South Africa 2 1935 1936
Lou Rowan  Australia 25 1963 1971
Joseph Rowbotham  England 1 1884 1884
Samar Roy  India 6 1961 1969
WB Ryan  South Africa 2 1930 1931
Khwaja Saeed  Pakistan 5 1959 1961
Said Ahmed Shah  Pakistan 1 1997 1997
Saleem Badar  Pakistan 5 1988 1998
TM Samarasinghe  Sri Lanka 7 1992 1993
Narayan Sane  India 2 1960 1960
Douglas Sang Hue  West Indies 31 1962 1981
B Satyaji Rao  India 17 1961 1979
C Saunders  South Africa 1 1928 1928
John Scott  Australia 10 1936 1947
George Searcy  Australia 1 1895 1895
Shakeel Khan  Pakistan 6 1983 2002
Shakoor Rana  Pakistan 18 1975 1996
Har Sharma  India 3 1975 1977
Raman Sharma  India 1 1994 1994
George Sharp  England 15 1996 2002
Suresh Shastri  India 2 2007 2007
Bill Sheahan  Australia 2 1993 1994
David Shepherd  England 92 1985 2005
Mordecai Sherwin  England 1 1899 1899
Dick Shortt  New Zealand 9 1959 1973
Shujauddin  Pakistan 22 1955 1978
GL Sickler  South Africa 7 1938 1948
Gamini Silva  Sri Lanka 3 2000 2005
Prasad Sinha  India 2 1948 1952
MS Sivasankariah  India 3 1975 1977
Jack Smart  England 4 1946 1947
Douglas Smith  England 1 1914 1914
Tiger Smith  England 8 1933 1939
Frank Smith  England 5 1902 1910
Bill Smyth  Australia 4 1963 1966
A Soames  South Africa 2 1899 1902
Tom Spencer  England 17 1954 1978
HH Stephenson  England 1 1880 1880
Alfred Street  England 7 1912 1926
James Street  England 1 1890 1890
MG Subramaniam  India 2 1983 1983
John Swift  Australia 8 1882 1887
Tariq Ata  Pakistan 1 1988 1988
Frank Tarrant  Australia 2 1933 1934
Simon Taufel  Australia 64 2000
Richard Benjamin Terry  Australia 2 1877 1877
CN Thomas  South Africa 1 1892 1892
George Thompson  England 2 1923 1923
Bob Thoms  England 2 1880 1882
Russell Tiffin  Zimbabwe 44 1995 2009
Col Timmins  Australia 4 1989 1993
Eric Tindill  New Zealand 1 1959 1959
Valentine Titchmarsh  England 3 1899 1905
SB Tonkinson  New Zealand 2 1951 1955
Jack Tooher  Australia 1 1892 1892
Richard Torrance  New Zealand 1 1933 1933
Les Townsend  Australia 1 1959 1959
Norman Townsend  Australia 1 1972 1972
GB Treadwell  South Africa 4 1927 1930
Rod Tucker  Australia 6 2010
Umar Khan  India 1 1969 1969
Srinivas Venkataraghavan  India 73 1993 2004
Gustave Verheyen  South Africa 1 1928 1928
PW Vidanagamage  Sri Lanka 4 1984 1987
Mysore Vijayasarathi  India 13 1951 1960
V Vikramraju  India 2 1985 1986
B Vine  New Zealand 1 1952 1952
CF Vyfhuis  West Indies 6 1974 1978
Billy Wade  South Africa 1 1970 1970
Walker Wainwright  England 1 1923 1923
Harold Walcott  West Indies 4 1948 1958
Fanny Walden  England 11 1934 1939
Edward Ward  West Indies 1 1935 1935
Albert Warner  South Africa 2 1970 1970
John Warner  South Africa 2 1962 1965
Robert Warton  England 2 1889 1889
Evan Watkin  New Zealand 2 1998 1999
George Watson  Australia 2 1911 1912
George Webb  England 3 1912 1912
Andrew Weekes  West Indies 4 1983 1990
Don Weser  Australia 3 1979 1980
John West  England 1 1886 1886
John Edward West  England 1 1905 1905
William West  England 9 1896 1912
Archibald White  England 8 1899 1912
Alan Whitehead  England 5 1982 1987
Rex Whitehead  Australia 4 1981 1982
Bill Whitridge  Australia 1 1892 1892
Udaya Wickramasinghe  Sri Lanka 3 1987 1997
Tyron Wijewardene  Sri Lanka 4 2001 2005
Peter Willey  England 25 1996 2003
A. P. Williams  Australia 1 1924 1924
G Williams  West Indies 1 1958 1958
K Woods  West Indies 1 1954 1954
Steve Woodward  New Zealand 24 1979 1991
Claud Woolley  England 1 1948 1948
Ron Wright  Australia 13 1948 1959
Arthur Wyeth  Australia 1 1931 1931
Ted Wykes  Australia 1 1962 1962
Hugo Yarnold  England 3 1967 1968
Sailor Young  England 3 1924 1926
W. A. Young  Australia 1 1912 1912

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