Bob White (cricketer)

Bob White
Personal information
Full name
Robert Arthur White
Born(1936-10-06)6 October 1936
Fulham, London, England
Died8 November 2023(2023-11-08) (aged 87)
NicknameKnocker
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1965Middlesex
1966–1980Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 413 169
Runs scored 12,452 1,379
Batting average 23.18 17.02
100s/50s 5/50 0/2
Top score 116* 86*
Balls bowled 47,694 5,933
Wickets 693 136
Bowling average 30.50 27.47
5 wickets in innings 28 0
10 wickets in match 4 0
Best bowling 7/41 4/15
Catches/stumpings 191/0 44/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Robert Arthur White (6 October 1936 – 8 November 2023) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.[1] He played or umpired more than 1,200 matches of first-class or List A cricket between 1958 and 2001.

Cricket career

Player

White joined the Lord's staff at 15 after leaving school. In 1955 and 1956 he did his National Service, mainly in Cyprus.[2]

In 1958 he made his county debut with Middlesex, where he played as a batsman. He had his most successful season in 1963 when he scored 1355 runs, the only time he reached 1000 runs in a season.[3] He was awarded his county cap during the season.[4]

In 1966 White moved to Nottinghamshire, where he developed his off-spin and played as an all-rounder.[5] His best bowling season was 1971, when he was the county's most successful bowler.[6] He took 81 wickets, and achieved his best figures of 7 for 41 against Derbyshire; he had taken 10 wickets for 51 in the match when rain washed out play early on the third day.[7][8] He made his highest score of 116 not out against Surrey in 1967, when he and Mike Smedley set a Nottinghamshire record of 204 for the seventh wicket after the score had been 64 for 6.[9]

In his final years at Nottinghamshire, White was manager and captain of the Second XI.[2] In his second-last first-class match, against Derbyshire in 1980, he took 4 for 33 in the first innings and 6 for 24 in the second, when Nottinghamshire dismissed Derbyshire for 54 and won by 89 runs.[10]

Umpire

In 1983 White began a 19-year career as a first-class umpire. He umpired 314 first-class and 323 List A matches before retiring after the 2001 season.[11] His most important appointments were to umpire several quarter-finals of the county one-day competitions.[12]

Death

White died on 8 November 2023, aged 87.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bob White". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Bob White". Nottinghamshire CCC. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Bob White". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ Wisden 1964, p. 480.
  5. ^ "Bob White". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ Wisden 1972, p. 530.
  7. ^ "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Bob White". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. ^ Wisden 1972, p. 377.
  9. ^ Wisden 1968, pp. 581–82.
  10. ^ "Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 1980". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Bob White as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Bob White as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2021.