John Hampshire

John Harry Hampshire (10 February 1941 – 1 March 2017), also known as Jack Hampshire, was an English cricketer and umpire. He played eight Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England between 1969 and 1975.

John Hampshire

Personal information
Full name	John Harry Hampshire
Born	(1941-02-10)10 February 1941 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, England
Died	1 March 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 76)
Nickname	Jack
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm legbreak
Role	Umpire
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 442)	26 June 1969 v West Indies
Last Test	14 August 1975 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 6)	5 January 1971 v Australia
Last ODI	26 August 1972 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1961–1981	Yorkshire
1967, 1969, 1977–1979	Tasmania
1981	Leicestershire
1982–1984	Derbyshire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	21 (1989–2002)
ODIs umpired	20 (1989–2001)
FC umpired	349 (1985–2005)
LA umpired	365 (1985–2014)
T20 umpired	8 (2004–2005)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 8 3 577 280 Runs scored 403 48 28,059 7,314 Batting average 26.86 24.00 34.55 31.12 100s/50s 1/2 0/0 43/156 7/41 Top score 107 25 183* 119 Balls bowled – – 2,539 54 Wickets – – 30 1 Bowling average – – 54.56 45.00 5 wickets in innings – – 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling – – 7/52 1/22 Catches/stumpings 9/– 0/– 446/– 84/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 March 2017

He played first-class cricket for Yorkshire from 1961 to 1981, and for Derbyshire from 1982 to 1984. Overseas, he was a successful captain of Tasmania in the period before the state was included in the Sheffield Shield. He was also appointed President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2016, serving until his death.