Frank Chester (umpire)
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Frank Chester was an English first-class cricket
er and notable international cricket umpire
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Chester was an all-rounder, a left-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, who played 55 first-class matches for county side Worcestershire
as a teenager from 1912 to 1914. His playing career was ended by losing his right arm below the elbow in World War I
Salonika in July 1917, and he turned to umpiring.
Of note was in 1913 when Frank Chester scored 108 against Somerset to be the youngest player (he was 17) then to score a county century, this record still stood in the 1950s. During 1913 Chester was summonsed to meet Dr W G Grace who wished to congratulate him on a century scored at Lords that season.
A long-serving official, Chester stood in what was then a world record 48 Tests
from 1924 to 1955. Two years after officiating in his last Test match, Chester died in the town of his birth, Bushey, Hertfordshire, having suffered from stomach ulcers for much of his later years.
There is a book on Chester brought out in 1956; HOWS THAT! pub. Hutchinson
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and notable international cricket umpire
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
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Chester was an all-rounder, a left-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, who played 55 first-class matches for county side Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
as a teenager from 1912 to 1914. His playing career was ended by losing his right arm below the elbow in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Salonika in July 1917, and he turned to umpiring.
Of note was in 1913 when Frank Chester scored 108 against Somerset to be the youngest player (he was 17) then to score a county century, this record still stood in the 1950s. During 1913 Chester was summonsed to meet Dr W G Grace who wished to congratulate him on a century scored at Lords that season.
A long-serving official, Chester stood in what was then a world record 48 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
from 1924 to 1955. Two years after officiating in his last Test match, Chester died in the town of his birth, Bushey, Hertfordshire, having suffered from stomach ulcers for much of his later years.
There is a book on Chester brought out in 1956; HOWS THAT! pub. Hutchinson