# Kenneth Cave

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**Kenneth Holmes Cave** (25 February 1874 – 19 May 1944) was a New Zealand [cricket umpire](/source/Umpire_(cricket)). He stood in six [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) between 1930 and 1933.[1][2]

Ken Cave was a member of a large family of cricketers in the [Whanganui](/source/Whanganui) area.[3] A middle-order batsman, he played for [Whanganui teams](/source/Whanganui_cricket_team) from the late 1890s till the mid-1920s, and was one of their leading batsmen when they held the [Hawke Cup](/source/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](/source/First-class_cricket), 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](/source/English_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1929%E2%80%9330).[5][6] He also umpired two of New Zealand's other four home Tests in the 1930s.

Cave's nephew [Harry Cave](/source/Harry_Cave) [captained](/source/Captain_(cricket)) the New Zealand Test team in the 1950s.

## See also

- [List of Test cricket umpires](/source/List_of_Test_cricket_umpires)

## References

1. ["Kenneth Cave"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36805.html). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

1. ["Ken Cave"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41421/41421.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

1. ["From Leonard to Harry: the Cave family legacy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210803064953/http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/cave-family/). *NZ Cricket Museum*. Archived from [the original](http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/cave-family/) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

1. ["Hawke Cup Matches played by Ken Cave"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41421/Hawke_Cup_Matches.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

1. ["Ken Cave as Umpire in First-Class Matches"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41421/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

1. ["Hawke Cup Match"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19300324.2.41). *Manawatu Standard*. 24 March 1930.

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