|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{short description|Australian cricket umpire}}
| | '''Rex Vernon Whitehead''' (26 October 1948 – 26 June 2014) was an [[Australian]] [[Test cricket]] match [[umpire]] and [[cricket]]er. He umpired four Test matches between 1981 and 1982. His first match was between [[Australia]] and [[India]] in [[Sydney]] on 2 January to 4 January 1981. Altogether, he umpired 15 first-class matches in his career between 1979 and 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/rex-whitehead-passes-aged-65/114885|title=Rex Whitehead passes away aged 65|publisher=''[[Wisden India]]''|date=27 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-date=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629145623/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/rex-whitehead-passes-aged-65/114885|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
| {{use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} | |
|
| |
|
| '''Rex Vernon Whitehead''' (26 October 1948 – 26 June 2014) was an [[Australian Test Cricket Umpires|Australian Test cricket match umpire]], from [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8412.html |title=Rex Whitehead |accessdate=16 May 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
| | Whitehead was born in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He retired from umpiring in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/former-test-umpire-rex-whitehead-dead/|title=Former Test umpire Rex Whitehead no more|publisher=''[[Sportskeeda]]''|date=27 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> |
|
| |
|
| He umpired 4 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1981 and 1982. His first match was between [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and [[Indian cricket team|India]] at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]] on 2 January to 4 January 1981, won by Australia by an innings and 4 runs, with [[Greg Chappell]] scoring 204 and [[Dennis Lillee]] and [[Len Pascoe]] taking 13 wickets. Whitehead’s partner was [[Mel Johnson]].
| | Whitehead died from a massive [[stroke]] on 26 June 2014, aged 65.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/rex-whitehead-passes-away-at-the-age-of-65-151132|title=Rex Whitehead passes away at the age of 65|publisher=''[[CricketCounty]]''|date=27 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> |
| | |
| Whitehead stood in all three Test matches in that series against India. In the third match, at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|Melbourne]], India won by 59 runs, in spite of nearly forfeiting the match. Whitehead gave the Indian captain [[Sunil Gavaskar]] out [[Leg before wicket|LBW]] at a critical point in the match, but the batsman indicated he had edged the ball and reluctantly started to leave the field. Gavaskar urged his partner [[Chetan Chauhan]] to follow him. The Indian team manager intervened before Chauhan had left the field, ordering him to continue, and the match resumed. ''Wisden'' (1982 ed.) described the event as “a dreadful scene”, saying that “such a bizarre incident … brought controversy over the umpiring to a head”. Gavaskar later claimed he ordered Chauhan to join him in leaving the field in response to a racist remark made by Lillee, but there was no evidence to suggest this was true.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
| |
| | |
| Whitehead’s last Test match was between Australia and [[English cricket team|England]] at Melbourne on 26 December to 30 December 1982, a remarkable match won by England by 3 runs only after a valiant 10th wicket partnership of 70 runs between [[Allan Border]] and [[Jeff Thomson]] was ended by a juggled catch. Whitehead’s colleague was [[Tony Crafter]].
| |
| | |
| Whitehead umpired 14 [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches between 1979 and 1983. In 1979 he umpired one women’s Test match. Altogether, he umpired 15 first-class matches in his career between 1979 and 1983.
| |
| | |
| ==See also==
| |
| * [[List of Test cricket umpires]]
| |
| * [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]]
| |
|
| |
|
| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{Reflist}} |
|
| |
|
| ==External links== | | ==Other websites== |
| * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=8412}} | | * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36206/36206.html Rex Whitehead] at [https://cricketarchive.com/ Cricket Archive] |
| * {{CricketArchive|id=36206}}
| | * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8412.html Rex Whitehead] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ ESPNcricinfo] |
| * [http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/rex-whitehead-passes-aged-65/114885 Rex Whitehead passes away aged 65.] | |
|
| |
|
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Rex}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Rex}} |
| [[Category:1948 births]] | | [[Category:1948 births]] |
| [[Category:2014 deaths]] | | [[Category:2014 deaths]] |
| [[Category:Australian Test cricket umpires]] | | [[Category:Australian cricketers]] |
| [[Category:Australian One Day International cricket umpires]] | | [[Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in Australia]] |
| | [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] |
| | [[Category:Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)]] |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| {{Australia-cricket-bio-1940s-stub}} | | {{Sports-bio-stub}} |