George Sharp (cricketer)

George Sharp
Personal information
Full name
George Sharp
Born 12 February 1950
West Hartlepool, England
Nickname Blunt, Razor, Sharpie
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Left-arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years Team
1968–1985 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 15 (1996–2002)
ODIs umpired 31 (1996–2001)
FC umpired 301 (1992–2015)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 306 285
Runs scored 6,254 2,377
Batting average 19.85 15.74
100s/50s 0/50 0/1
Top score 98 51*
Balls bowled 114 –
Wickets 1 –
Bowling average 70 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 1/47 –
Catches/stumpings 565/90 242/50
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2009

George Sharp (born 12 March 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer and umpire. He was born at West Hartlepool, County Durham.

Playing career

Sharp spent 17 years at Northamptonshire and played more than 300 games, as a wicketkeeper batsman.

Umpiring career

Sharp umpired 15 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals. He umpired over 300 matches in First-class and List A cricket. Sharp continued to umpire matches in England until 2015, when he turned 65. ECB policy requires all umpires to retire when they reach this age, in order to allow younger umpires to gain employment. Sharp and fellow Northamptonshire team-mate and umpire Peter Willey challenged this decision at an employment tribunal, alleging age discrimination on the part of the ECB, but lost their case.

See also