Ian James Gould is an ICC Elite Panel cricket umpire

Umpire (cricket)

In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...

 and a former English

English people

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 cricketer

Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

. He is also chairman of English football club Burnham FC.

Player

Gould represented Middlesex (1975–1980 and 1996), Sussex (1981–1991) and Auckland in 1979/80 as a left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He captained Sussex in 1987. He returned to Middlesex as a county coach between 1991 and 2000.

Gould toured the West Indies with the England Young Cricketers in 1976. He played 18 One Day Internationals for England in 1983 including that year's World Cup

1983 Cricket World Cup

The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup was the third edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each...

 as a wicketkeeper/batsman. Wicket keeper Bob Taylor

Bob Taylor (cricketer)

Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...

 represented England in Test matches

Test cricket

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 during 1983.

Gould also played cricket in Devon, where he represented Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth but struggled to find form on the slower wickets in the South West.

Elsewhere, his son Michael Gould has played cricket for Sussex Second XI.

Umpire

As an Umpire, Gould was appointed to stand in 3 matches of the 2007 Cricket World Cup

2007 Cricket World Cup

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 in the Caribbean. He umpired his first Test match - South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein

Springbok Park

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, Nov 19-22, 2008. Gould was promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in 2009.

International Umpiring Statistics

As of 4 June 2010:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, Nov 2008	Pakistan v Australia at Headingley Headingley Stadium Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie .... , Jul 2010	20
ODIs	England v Sri Lanka at The Oval The Oval The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval... , Jun 2006	India v South Africa at Ahmedabad Sardar Patel Stadium Sardar Patel Stadium is one of the premier Cricket stadiums of India located in the Motera locality of Ahmedabad. Because of its location, the stadium is commonly called Motera Stadium to avoid confusion with another stadium of the same name in Navrangpura locality of Ahmedabad. Sardar Patel... , Feb 2010	62
T20Is	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 2006	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill Central Broward Regional Park Central Broward Regional Park is a large municipal park in Lauderhill, Florida, owned and operated by Broward County. It opened on November 9, 2007, at a construction cost of $70 million. It is located at the corner of US 441 and Sunrise Blvd.... , May 2010	15

Football

Gould played football as a goalkeeper representing Slough Town

Slough Town F.C.

Slough Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club. The club was officially founded in 1890 after the amalgamation of three local clubs, Swifts, Slough Albion and Young Men's Friendly Society, who between them forged a new club, Slough F.C....

 and Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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, thus earning himself the nickname "Gunner". Gould's passion for football was reaffirmed in July 2009 when he took over as chairman of Southern Football League club Burnham FC. In a press briefing, Gould confirmed to reporters that he was in it for the long haul, with the objective of pushing the Club towards Conference League football. More importantly, Gould is intent on developing the corporate side of the Burnham brand and conference centre facilities.

External links

• Ian Gould profile at cricketarchive.com
• Ian Gould profile at cricinfo.com