George Sharp (cricketer)

George Sharp

Personal information
Full name	George Sharp
Born	(1950-02-12) 12 February 1950 West Hartlepool, England
Nickname	Blunt, Razor, Sharpie
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968–1985	Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	15 (1996–2002)
ODIs umpired	31 (1996–2001)
WODIs umpired	2 (2007–2011)
WT20Is umpired	2 (2006–2012)
FC umpired	301 (1992–2015)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 306 285 Runs scored 6,254 2,377 Batting average 19.85 15.74 100s/50s 0/50 0/1 Top score 98 51* Balls bowled 114 – Wickets 1 – Bowling average 70 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1/47 – Catches/stumpings 565/90 242/50
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2009

George Sharp (born 12 March 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer and umpire. He was born at West Hartlepool, County Durham.

Playing career

Sharp spent 17 years at Northamptonshire and played more than 300 games, as a wicketkeeper batsman.

Umpiring career

Sharp umpired 15 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals. He umpired over 300 matches in First-class and List A cricket. Sharp continued to umpire matches in England until 2015, when he turned 65. ECB policy requires all umpires to retire when they reach this age, in order to allow younger umpires to gain employment. Sharp and fellow Northamptonshire team-mate and umpire Peter Willey challenged this decision at an employment tribunal, alleging age discrimination on the part of the ECB, but lost their case.

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of One Day International cricket umpires

External links

• George Sharp at ESPNcricinfo