David John Constant played 61 first-class cricket

Cricket

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 matches from 1961 to 1968 for Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 and Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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. He later became an international cricket umpire

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, officiating in 36 Tests

Test cricket

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 from 1971 to 1988 and 33 one-day internationals

One-day cricket

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 from 1972 to 2001.

Constant commenced his first-class cricket career with English county side Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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, later moving to Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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. His first Test as umpire was the Third Test between England

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 and Pakistan

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 in July 1971; his colleague was Arthur Fagg

Arthur Fagg

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. England won the match by 25 runs. Constant has not umpired in an international cricket match since the England v. Australia

Australian cricket team

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 One Day International at The Oval

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, London

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 in June 2001.