# Ron Lay

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{{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](/source/Northampton), [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire), [England](/source/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](/source/umpire_(cricket)).<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/first-class_cricket) in 1953, standing in the match between [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Scotland](/source/Scotland_cricket_team) at [Peterborough](/source/Town_Ground%2C_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](/source/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](/source/List_A_cricket) 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](/source/Batting_(cricket)) by [Ted Dexter](/source/Ted_Dexter).<ref name="OBIT"/> Lay died at [Northampton](/source/Northampton) in November 1996.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/Players/47/47653/47653.html Ron Lay] at Cricket Archive {{subscription required}}

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Category:1917 births
Category:1996 deaths
Category:English cricket umpires

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