{{short description|English cricketer and umpire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Stephen Clifford Gale | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|6|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break | role = Umpire | family = | club1 = Shropshire | year1 = 1975–1987 | clubnumber1 = | umpire = true | wodisumpired = 1 | umpwodidebutyr = 2010 | umpwodilastyr = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 156 | bat avg1 = 31.20 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 68 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 3 July | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13829.html Cricinfo }}
'''Stephen Clifford Gale''' (born 3 June 1952) is a former English cricketer and current umpire. Gale was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and educated at the Wakeman Grammar School there.<ref name=shropcric>{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|pages=33, 55|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.</ref>
Gale made his debut for Shropshire in the 1975 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Gale played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1975 to 1987, which included 108 Minor Counties Championship appearances<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Stephen Gale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Stephen Gale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> He made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup. He made 4 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in 1985 NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Stephen Gale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> In his 5 List A matches, he scored 156 runs at an average of 31.20, with a high score of 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stephen Gale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> This score, his only List A half century, came against Yorkshire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy, which was vital a vital contribution to Shropshire's famous victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44933.html|title=Shropshire v Yorkshire, 1984 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> He served as Shropshire's club captain in 1985 and also played for Shrewsbury Cricket Club.<ref name=shropcric/>
Gale is currently an umpire, standing in first-class,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Stephen Gale as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> List A,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/Umpire_in_List_A_Matches.html|title=Stephen Gale as Umpire in List A Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref> and Twenty20 matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/Umpire_in_Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Stephen Gale as Umpire in Twenty20 Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 July 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
A living legend from portmarnock
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13829.html Stephen Gale] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34609/34609.html Stephen Gale] at CricketArchive
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