William Simpson (cricket umpire)
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Wandsworth, London, England
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Frederick Simpson |
| Born | 1915 Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Died | 18 April 1967 (aged 52) Wandsworth, London, England |
| Umpiring information | |
| FC umpired | 26 (1949–1966) |
| LA umpired | 1 (1966) |
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2021 | |
William Frederick Simpson (1915 – 18 April 1967) was an English cricket umpire.
Simpson began officiating in first-class cricket in 1949, when he stood twice in matches involving the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Essex and Cambridge University at Lord's.[1] He was at the time employed on the staff of the MCC. Shortly thereafter, he began coaching on cricket at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.[2] While engaged at Cranwell, Simpson played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire in 1951.[3] He stood as an umpire in nearly 50 matches in the Minor Counties Championship between 1954 and 1963,[4] before being appointed to the first-class list of umpires in 1966.[2] Nearly twenty years after he last officiated in first-class cricket, Simpson stood in 25 first-class matches in 1966,[1] in addition to umpiring a single List A one-day match in the quarter-final of the Gillette Cup between Worcestershire and Essex.[5] However, a year after his appointment to the first-class list, Simpson died at Wandsworth in April 1967, at the age of 52.[2]