{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Ronald Samuel Marshall Lay | birth_date = 18 February 1917 | birth_place = England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|11|9|1917|2|18}} | death_place = Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | umpire = true | fcumpired = 304 | umpfcdebutyr = 1953 | umpfclastyr = 1968 | listaumpired = 12 | umplistadebutyr = 1963 | umplistalastyr = 1968 | date = 14 March | year = 2021 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/47/47653/47653.htmlCricketArchive }}
'''Ronald Samuel Marshall Lay''' (18 February 1917 – 9 November 1996) was an English cricket umpire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228764.html|title=Obituaries in 1996|date=6 December 2005|website=Wisden}}</ref>
== Umpire career == Lay began as an umpire in club matches across Northamptonshire,<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228764.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1996 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=14 March 2021}}</ref> before officiating in matches in the Minor Counties Championship from 1950.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/47/47653/Umpire_in_Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Ron Lay as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He first officiated in first-class cricket in 1953, standing in the match between Northamptonshire and Scotland at Peterborough. He was appointed to the first-class list of umpires in 1956 and proceeded to stand in 303 first-class matches between 1956 and 1968, predominantly in the County Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/47/47653/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Ron Lay as Umpire in First-Class Matches |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He additionally stood in 12 List A one-day matches between 1963 and 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/47/47653/Umpire_in_List_A_Matches.html|title=Ron Lay as Umpire in List A Matches |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He missed part of the 1964 season after being struck on the foot and injured by a ball which had been straight driven by Ted Dexter.<ref name="OBIT"/> Lay died at Northampton in November 1996.
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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/Players/47/47653/47653.html Ron Lay] at Cricket Archive {{subscription required}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lay, Ron}} Category:1917 births Category:1996 deaths Category:English cricket umpires