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Full name John Harry Hampshire
Born February 10, 1941, Thurnscoe, Yorkshire
Current age 67 years 97 days
Major teams England, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Tasmania, Yorkshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Umpire
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Oakwood Technical High, Rotherham

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	8	16	1	403	107	26.86	929	43.37	1	2	55	0	9
ODIs	3	3	1	48	25*	24.00	86	55.81	0	0	7	0	0
First-class	577	924	112	28059	183*	34.55			43	156			446
List A	280	267	32	7314	119	31.12			7	41			84

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	577		2539	1637	30	7/52		54.56	3.86	84.6		2	0
List A	280		54	45	1	1/22	1/22	45.00	5.00	54.0	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 26-Jul 1, 1969 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at Leeds, Aug 14-19, 1975 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 26, 1972 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1961 - 1984
List A span	1963 - 1984

Umpiring statistics
Test debut	England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 27-Aug 1, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Jan 9-11, 2002 scorecard
Test matches	21
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Australia at Nottingham, May 27, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Bristol, Jun 10, 2001 scorecard
ODI matches	20
ODI statistics

Profile

John Hampshire was an attractive middle-order batsman, courageous and primarily front footed, as well as being an excellent close fielder. When he made a hundred on debut against West Indies in 1969 (the only Englishman to score a Test hundred on debut at Lord's) it seemed to signal the start of something good. But he was dropped after the next match, and thereafter his appearances were as spasmodic as his county form. He captained Yorkshire for two seasons (1979-80) during one of their most turbulent times, and staged an infamous go-slow at Northampton - which cost Yorkshire a bonus point - as a protest against what he perceived to be selfish batting by one Geoff Boycott. He ended his career with three seasons of relative peace at Derbyshire. In winters he was a popular member of the Tasmanian side for more than ten seasons. After retiring, Hampshire became a first-class umpire in 1985 and was appointed to the Test list in 1989. In 1999 he was added to the ICC panel of umpires and remained a high quality umpire on the county circuit until 2005.
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