Les Townsend, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Les Townsend

Australian cricket umpire

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1914

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1986

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Leslie Hyde Townsend (born 4 October 1914 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died 30 January 1986) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, won by Australia by 9 wickets with a century to Colin McDonald and 5 wickets each to Alan Davidson and Richie Benaud.
Townsend’s partner in this match was Ron Wright.