Kenneth Cave

Kenneth Cave

Kenneth Cave

New Zealand cricket umpire

Kenneth Holmes Cave (25 February 1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in six Test matches between 1930 and 1933.[1][2]

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Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the Whanganui area.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6] 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.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Kenneth Cave". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Ken Cave". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    "From Leonard to Harry: the Cave family legacy". NZ Cricket Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Hawke Cup Matches played by Ken Cave". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Ken Cave as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Hawke Cup Match". Manawatu Standard: 4. 24 March 1930.
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