18 Facts About John Hampshire

John Hampshire played first-class cricket for Yorkshire from 1961 to 1981, and for Derbyshire from 1982 to 1984.

John Hampshire was appointed President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2016, serving until his death a year later.

John Hampshire made his debut for his native Yorkshire at the age of 20 in 1961, and had a twenty-year career with the club.

John Hampshire was the first Englishman to score a Test hundred on debut at Lord's.

John Hampshire left Yorkshire in 1981 during one of the county's then almost perennial bouts of civil war, and during the winter played for a Leicestershire team as a guest in Zimbabwe.

John Hampshire played for Tasmania for five years under the captaincy of Jack Simmons.

John Hampshire was a powerful stroke maker in the middle order, especially strong off the front foot.

John Hampshire scored 28,059 runs in 577 first-class matches at 34.55, including 43 centuries, with a highest score of 183 not out.

John Hampshire added another 7,314 runs in 280 one day matches with a best of 119 at 31.12.

John Hampshire was a brave close fielder who took 446 catches in his first-class career.

John Hampshire was seen as potentially useful leg spinner, taking 7 for 52 against Glamorgan in 1963.

John Hampshire was then appointed to the Test list in 1989, and later in 1999 he was added to the ICC panel of umpires.

John Hampshire stood in his first Test match as an umpire at Old Trafford during the 1989 Ashes.

John Hampshire remained a highly respected umpire on the first-class circuit until his retirement in 2005.

John Hampshire stood in 21 Tests and 20 One-day Internationals.

John Hampshire umpired the final of the last Benson and Hedges Cup competition in 2002 with Barry Dudleston, thirty years after having played against Dudleston in the first final of that competition held in 1972.

John Hampshire coached Zimbabwe in its first Test against India in 1992.

John Hampshire died at the age of 76 on 1 March 2017, after a long illness.