Kenneth Cave
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kenneth Holmes Cave |
Born | 1874 Sunderland, England |
Died | 19 May 1944 (aged 69–70) Wanganui, New Zealand |
Umpiring information | |
Tests umpired | 6 (1930–1933) |
Source: Cricinfo, 2 July 2013 |
Kenneth Holmes Cave (1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in six Test matches between 1930 and 1933.[1]
Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the Whanganui area.[2] A middle-order batsman, he played for Whanganui teams from the late 1890s till the mid-1920s, and was one of their leading batsmen when they held the Hawke Cup in 1914-15 and 1925–26.[3]
He became an umpire in the Whanganui area in the 1920s. Without having umpired a first-class match, but with the support of the English touring team, he was chosen to umpire all four matches in New Zealand's first Test series, against England in 1929-30.[4][5] He also umpired two of New Zealand's other four home Tests in the 1930s.
Cave's nephew Harry Cave captained the New Zealand Test team in the 1950s.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Kenneth Cave". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "From Leonard to Harry: the Cave family legacy". NZ Cricket Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Hawke Cup Matches played by Ken Cave". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Ken Cave as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Hawke Cup Match". Manawatu Standard: 4. 24 March 1930.
- 1874 births
- 1944 deaths
- Sportspeople from Sunderland
- New Zealand Test cricket umpires
- New Zealand cricket biography, 1870s birth stubs