| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Fullname | Kenneth Holmes Cave |
| Birth date | 25 February 1874 |
| Birth place | Sunderland, England |
| Death date | 19 May 1944 (aged 70) |
| Death place | Wanganui, New Zealand |
| Umpire | true |
| Testsumpired | 6 |
| Umptestdebutyr | 1930 |
| Umptestlastyr | 1933 |
| Date | 2 July |
| Year | 2013 |
| Source | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36805.html Cricinfo |
Kenneth Holmes Cave (25 February 1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in six Test matches between 1930 and 1933.[1][2]
Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the Whanganui area.[3] A middle-order batsman, he played for Whanganui teams from the late 1890s till the mid-1920s, and was one of their leading batsmen when they held the Hawke Cup in 1914-15 and 1925–26.[4]
He became an umpire in the Whanganui area in the 1920s. Without having umpired a first-class match, but with the support of the English touring team, he was chosen to umpire all four matches in New Zealand's first Test series, against England in 1929-30.[5][6] He also umpired two of New Zealand's other four home Tests in the 1930s.
Cave's nephew Harry Cave captained the New Zealand Test team in the 1950s.
See also
References
- ^ "Kenneth Cave". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Ken Cave". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "From Leonard to Harry: the Cave family legacy". NZ Cricket Museum. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Hawke Cup Matches played by Ken Cave". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Ken Cave as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Hawke Cup Match". Manawatu Standard. 24 March 1930.