Ted Wykes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ted Wykes

Australian cricket umpire

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1921

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2008

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Ted Wykes

  • Edgar Frederick Wykes, OAM, (born 28 April 1921 in Little Brington, Northampton, England) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire.
  • His family emigrated from the UK to Australia in 1925 as assisted immigrants. He was a cricket player until WWII when he enlisted and was sent to Meckering Western Australia, an embarkation point for troops leaving for overseas action.
  • While cleaning a machine gun, he was ordered by a lieutenant to clean it in a way which Wykes knew to be wrong, but he had to obey orders.
  • The gun exploded and Wykes was shot in the ankle and foot, shattering many bones in his foot.
  • An operation removed several of his toes on the left foot and he thereafter had to wear an elevator shoe on it.
  • This injury put paid to his cricket playing career and he then took up umpiring. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Brisbane on 30 November to 5 December 1962, a match drawn with England requiring 100 runs to win with 4 wickets in hand.
  • Brian Booth scored a century and there were 13 other scores of at least 50.
  • Wykes’ partner in this match was Colin Egar. Wykes joined the NSW Cricket Umpires’ Association in 1949, became a first-class umpire in 1956, and retired from first-class umpiring in 1972, after 85 appearances. He retained his involvement in umpiring, as President of the NSW Cricket Umpires’ Association from 1967 to 1989, and was still Vice-president in 2000. He received an Order of Australia medal for his services to cricket in 1980, and became a Life Member of the NSW Cricket Association in 1982. He died on 22 November 2008 at Wollongong Australia.
  • His ashes were buried with full honours at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 February 2009 in two locations near the Test Pitch.

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