Jeremy Lloyds

Jeremy Lloyds
Personal information
Full name Jeremy William Lloyds
Born 17 November 1954 (1954-11-17) (age 57)
Penang, Malaya
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off spin
International information
National side England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1979-1984 Somerset
1983/84-1987/88 Orange Free State
1985-1991 Gloucestershire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 5 (2004–2005)
ODIs umpired 18 (2000–2006)
T20Is umpired 1 (2005)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 267 177
Runs scored 10679 1522
Batting average 31.04 15.98
100s/50s 10/62 –/5
Top score 132* 73*
Balls bowled 24175 1522
Wickets 333 26
Bowling average 38.86 43.42
5 wickets in innings 13 –
10 wickets in match 1 –
Best bowling 7/88 3/14
Catches/stumpings 229/– 58/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2009

Jeremy William Lloyds (born November 17, 1954 in Penang, Malaya[1]) is an English cricket umpire.

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Early life

Lloyds was educated at Blundell's School.[1]

Lloyds in the late 1970s, while playing county cricket in Somerset, played rugby union for Taunton R.F.C. and was at one point captain.[2]

Playing career

Lloyds was a groundsman at Lord's Cricket Ground before joining Somerset County Cricket Club.[3] Lloyds later played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and Orange Free State.[4] A left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler, Lloyds played 267 first-class matches scoring 10679 runs at an average of 31.04 with 10 hundreds and 62 fifties. His top score was 132 not out. He also took 229 catches. With the ball in first-class cricket he took 333 wickets at an average of 38.86 with 13 five-wicket hauls and one ten-wicket haul. His best bowling in first-class cricket was 7/88.[1][5]

Umpiring career

Lloyds made his first-class umpiring debut in 1996 and graduated to county cricket in 1998.[6] He progressed to international level in 2000, when he umpired his first one day international match. In his first ball as an umpire at Test level he gave out a Bangladeshi batsman leg before wicket.[5] Lloyds was a member of the International Cricket Council International Panel of Umpires and Referees between 2004 and 2006 when he stepped down from international cricket due to family reasons in 2006.[1][7]

As at the end of the 2008 English cricket season Lloyds had umpired 143 first-class matches.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Players and Officials - Jeremy Lloyds". Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/16315.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  2. ^ "History - The next 100 years of Taunton Rugby". Taunton RFC. http://www.tauntonrfc.co.uk/dyl/HistoryNext100yearsaftercelebrations.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  3. ^ Struthers, Greg (24 September 2006). "Caught in time: Somerset win the Benson & Hedges Cup, 1981". London: The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article648709.ece. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  4. ^ "Players - Jeremy Lloyds". Cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3687/3687.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  5. ^ a b Sloot, Theo. "Stars in their bars - Jeremy Lloyds". Oxford Wine Company. http://www.oxfordwine.co.uk/features/winter_07/lloyds.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  6. ^ a b "Jeremy Lloyds as Umpire in First-Class Matches". Cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3687/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  7. ^ "International Umpires Panel". England and Wales Cricket Board. 7 April 2006. http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about-ecb/media-releases/ecb-international-umpires-panel,7816,EN.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.