Ralph Gosein
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Ralph Godfrey Gosein was a West Indian cricket
umpire
. He umpired 25 Test matches
between 1965 and 1978.
Gosein was born in Trinidad
and educated at Fatima College
. He began umpiring in 1954, having been encouraged to do so by his work colleague at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Eric Lee Kow. His first Test match came in 1965, at the Queen's Park Oval
in Port-of-Spain, featuring the West Indies against Bobby Simpson
's touring Australians.
With Douglas Sang Hue
, he umpired the controversial fourth Test between the West Indies and India at Sabina Park
, Jamaica
in April 1976, in which Indian captain Bishen Bedi declared his team's first innings early in protest against sustained short pitched bowling from the West Indian pacemen, a barrage which the umpires did nothing to stem. When India were five down in their second innings, they had no further fit batsmen to take the crease, and West Indies won by 10 wickets inside four days.http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35964.htmlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=wJf6NuadRWEC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Ralph+Gosein&source=bl&ots=z-jf7tJW9B&sig=tby5OBWzw-vkdqW09EvGPkEhQEs&hl=en&ei=rL0vStLNCJz6tQP9tKjKCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PPA94,M1.
He was involved in controversy at the end of his Test umpiring career when rioting caused the final 38 balls of play between the same two opponents to be lost in the fifth Test at Sabina Park
, Jamaica
in 1978, when West Indies were still 110 behind with only one wicket left in their second innings.http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/350489.htmlhttp://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63210.html Gosein turned down a request from the teams for the lost overs to be played on an extra, sixth, day, a decision later upheld by the MCC.
He also umpired two ODIs in 1978, stood in the five World Series Cricket
"Supertests" and five of the 12 WSC ODIs in the Caribbean in 1978/9.http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43875/Umpire_in_other_matches.html He acted as the third umpire
several other Tests and ODIs, the last as late as June 1997.http://static.cricinfo.com/db/INTERACTIVE/INTERVIEWS/GOSEIN_R_27APR1997/
After retiring, he headed the Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires Council and was awarded the Humming Bird Gold Medal by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago
in recognition of his service to the sport. He died in St Clair, Port-of-Spain.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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...
. He umpired 25 Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
between 1965 and 1978.
Gosein was born in Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
and educated at Fatima College
Fatima College
Fatima College is a government-assisted, highly-selective Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It was established in 1945 and had an enrollment of 895 students . The school was established and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, an international Roman Catholic...
. He began umpiring in 1954, having been encouraged to do so by his work colleague at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Eric Lee Kow. His first Test match came in 1965, at the Queen's Park Oval
Queen's Park Oval
Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the largest capacity cricket ground in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It also hosted a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is privately owned by the...
in Port-of-Spain, featuring the West Indies against Bobby Simpson
Bobby Simpson
Roberta "Bobby" Marshall is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Nicolle Dickson. She was introduced in the pilot episode by executive producer Alan Bateman. Nearly four hundred actresses auditioned to play Bobby, with Dickson taking the role...
's touring Australians.
With Douglas Sang Hue
Douglas Sang Hue
Douglas Sang Hue is a former West Indian cricket umpire. He was a small man, around 5'4" tall, of Chinese descent.Sang Hue umpired 31 Test matches in the West Indies between 1962 and 1981, mostly in the 1970s...
, he umpired the controversial fourth Test between the West Indies and India at Sabina Park
Sabina Park
Sabina Park is the home of the Kingston Cricket Club, and is the only Test cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica and is often referred to as "The Holiday Home of Cricket"....
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
in April 1976, in which Indian captain Bishen Bedi declared his team's first innings early in protest against sustained short pitched bowling from the West Indian pacemen, a barrage which the umpires did nothing to stem. When India were five down in their second innings, they had no further fit batsmen to take the crease, and West Indies won by 10 wickets inside four days.http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35964.htmlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=wJf6NuadRWEC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Ralph+Gosein&source=bl&ots=z-jf7tJW9B&sig=tby5OBWzw-vkdqW09EvGPkEhQEs&hl=en&ei=rL0vStLNCJz6tQP9tKjKCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PPA94,M1.
He was involved in controversy at the end of his Test umpiring career when rioting caused the final 38 balls of play between the same two opponents to be lost in the fifth Test at Sabina Park
Sabina Park
Sabina Park is the home of the Kingston Cricket Club, and is the only Test cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica and is often referred to as "The Holiday Home of Cricket"....
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
in 1978, when West Indies were still 110 behind with only one wicket left in their second innings.http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/350489.htmlhttp://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63210.html Gosein turned down a request from the teams for the lost overs to be played on an extra, sixth, day, a decision later upheld by the MCC.
He also umpired two ODIs in 1978, stood in the five World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
"Supertests" and five of the 12 WSC ODIs in the Caribbean in 1978/9.http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43875/Umpire_in_other_matches.html He acted as the third umpire
Third umpire
In international cricket matches the third umpire is an off-field umpire who makes the final decision in questions referred to him by the two on-field umpires. Television replays are available to the third umpire to assist him in coming to a decision...
several other Tests and ODIs, the last as late as June 1997.http://static.cricinfo.com/db/INTERACTIVE/INTERVIEWS/GOSEIN_R_27APR1997/
After retiring, he headed the Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
Umpires Council and was awarded the Humming Bird Gold Medal by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
in recognition of his service to the sport. He died in St Clair, Port-of-Spain.